This was the birth name given to the Greek hero Herakles and the name he used until the Pythoness at Delphi first addressed him as Herakles when he sought a cure for his madness. (Robert Graves, Greek Myths 122.d.) For the son of Alexander the Great, see Heracles (Macedon). ... In Greek mythology, Python was the oracular serpent of Delphi. ... The amphitheater, seen from above Delphi (Chech Δελφοί - Delphoi) is an archaeological site and a modern town in Greece. ... For the son of Alexander the Great, see Heracles (Macedon). ...
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The Greek hero Melicertes, the son of the Boeotian prince Athamas and Ino, daughter of Cadmus was later called Palaemon. Melicertes (later called Palaemon), in Greek mythology, the son of the Boeotian prince Athamas and Ino, daughter of Cadmus. ...
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One of the Argonauts, a son of Hesphaestus and a mortal, was named Palaemon. The Black Sea near the shore of Colchis. ...
It is the smaller prawns that cause the confusion, and other species could conceivably be discovered, but I have not recorded any of the other species, e.g.
Palaemon adspersus, Palaemon longirostris, Palaemonentes varians, in fully saline areas and I catch prawns to eat (P.
In Palaemon elegans the dactylus is smaller than in P. serratus: about a third against nearly the half.
Palaemon serratus is a typical prawn with a cylindrical body composed of a carapace at the front and six abdominal segments.
Palaemon serratus is translucent with red/brown lines on the carapace and abdomen.
Palaemon serratus could be mistaken for the similar species Palaemon elegans, Palaemon longirostris and Palaemon adspersus but can be separated by the shape of the rostrum and the number of dorsal and ventral rostral teeth.
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