Praunus

{{Short description|Genus of crustaceans}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Praunus flexuosus (Gebogene Schwebegarnele, chameleon shrimp) (28691591852).jpg

| image_caption = Praunus flexuosus

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| taxon = Praunus

| authority = Leach, 1814

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Praunus is a genus of mysid shrimp, comprising three species:{{cite WoRMS |author=Jan Mees |year=2011 |title=Praunus Leach, 1814 |db=NeMys |id=119898 |accessdate=February 9, 2012}}

• Praunus flexuosus (Müller, 1776)
• Praunus inermis (Rathke, 1843)
• Praunus neglectus (G. O. Sars, 1869)

When originally named in 1814 by William Elford Leach, the genus contained P. flexuosus (the type species), and a second species, "P. integer", which is now known as Neomysis integer.{{cite book |author=Walter Medley Tattersall & Olive S. Tattersall |title=The British Mysidacea |publisher=Ray Society |year=1951 |series=Ray Society publications |volume=136 |page=1}}