''Crangon'' is a
genus
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of
shrimp
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.
Distribution
''Crangon'' species are found exclusively in the Northern Hemisphere, with most of the species occurring in the northern Pacific Ocean.
''
C. septemspinosa'' is the only species in the genus to occur in the north-western Atlantic Ocean, while in the north-eastern Atlantic, ''
C. crangon'' and ''
C. allmani'' occur.
[ With the exception of the important commercial species ''C. crangon'', however, the distributions of ''Crangon'' species are poorly characterised.][ The greater number of species in the Pacific Ocean is thought to indicate that the genus originated in the Pacific.][
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Species
''Crangon'' contains the following extant species:fossil record
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References
Decapod genera
Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius
Crangonidae
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