''Pandalus'' (cold-water prawn) is a

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in the

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Pandalidae The family Pandalidae is a taxon of caridean shrimp. These species are commonly called pandalid shrimp. They are edible and have high economic value. They are characterised by the subdivided carpus of the second pereiopod and, mainly, by the lac ...

. Members of the genus are medium-sized and live on or near the seabed. Some species are the subject of commercial fisheries and are caught by trawling. One species, ''

Pandalus montagui ''Pandalus montagui'' is a species of cold-water shrimp in the family Pandalidae. It is the type species of the genus '' Pandalus'' and is variously known as the pink shrimp, Aesop shrimp and Aesop prawn.polychaete Polychaeta () is a paraphyletic class of generally marine Annelid, annelid worms, common name, commonly called bristle worms or polychaetes (). Each body segment has a pair of fleshy protrusions called parapodia that bear many bristles, called c ...

worm, '' Sabellaria spinulosa''.''Pandalus''
Marine Macrofauns Genus Trait Handbook. Retrieved 2011-11-04. Their lifespan is typically three to five years, with sexual maturity being reached at an early age. Members of this genus are protandric hermaphrodites, starting life as males and later becoming females. Reproduction takes place in the spring when up to 3,000 eggs are produced and fertilised internally. The female carries them around under the abdomen for about six days before they develop into planktotrophic larvae. These remain in the

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for four to six months. During this time, they drift with the currents and have a dispersal potential of at least The shrimp have a rapid growth rate, so populations can build up quite rapidly after disturbance or

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Species

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The following extant species are accepted by the

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: *'' Pandalus aleuticus'' (Rathbun, 1902) *'' Pandalus amplus'' (Spence Bate, 1888) *''

Pandalus borealis ''Pandalus borealis'' is a species of caridean shrimp found in cold parts of the northern Atlantic and northern Pacific Oceans, although the latter population now often is regarded as a separate species, ''P. eous''. The Food and Agricultur ...

'' Krøyer, 1838 *''

Pandalus capillus ''Pandalus'' (cold-water prawn) is a genus of Caridea, shrimp in the Family (biology), family Pandalidae. Members of the genus are medium-sized and live on or near the seabed. Some species are the subject of commercial fisheries and are caught ...

'' (Komai & Hibino, 2019) *'' Pandalus chani'' Komai, 1999 *'' Pandalus coccinatus'' (Urita, 1941) *'' Pandalus curvatus'' Komai, 1999 *'' Pandalus danae'' Stimpson, 1857 *'' Pandalus dispar'' (Rathbun, 1902) *''

Pandalus eous ''Pandalus'' (cold-water prawn) is a genus of shrimp in the family Pandalidae. Members of the genus are medium-sized and live on or near the seabed. Some species are the subject of commercial fisheries and are caught by trawling. One species, ...

'' Makarov, 1935 *''

Pandalus formosanus ''Pandalus'' (cold-water prawn) is a genus of shrimp in the family Pandalidae. Members of the genus are medium-sized and live on or near the seabed. Some species are the subject of commercial fisheries and are caught by trawling. One species, ' ...

'' Komai, 1999 *''

Pandalus gibbus ''Pandalus'' (cold-water prawn) is a genus of shrimp in the family Pandalidae. Members of the genus are medium-sized and live on or near the seabed. Some species are the subject of commercial fisheries and are caught by trawling. One species, ' ...

'' (Komai & Takeda, 2002) *''

Pandalus glabrus ''Pandalus'' (cold-water prawn) is a genus of shrimp in the family Pandalidae. Members of the genus are medium-sized and live on or near the seabed. Some species are the subject of commercial fisheries and are caught by trawling. One species, ' ...

'' (Kobjakova, 1936) *''

Pandalus goniurus ''Pandalus'' (cold-water prawn) is a genus of shrimp in the family Pandalidae. Members of the genus are medium-sized and live on or near the seabed. Some species are the subject of commercial fisheries and are caught by trawling. One species, ' ...

'' Stimpson, 1860 *''

Pandalus gracilis ''Pandalus'' (cold-water prawn) is a genus of shrimp in the family Pandalidae. Members of the genus are medium-sized and live on or near the seabed. Some species are the subject of commercial fisheries and are caught by trawling. One species, ' ...

'' Stimpson, 1860 *''

Pandalus gurneyi ''Pandalus'' (cold-water prawn) is a genus of shrimp in the family Pandalidae. Members of the genus are medium-sized and live on or near the seabed. Some species are the subject of commercial fisheries and are caught by trawling. One species, ' ...

'' Stimpson, 1871 *''

Pandalus houyuu ''Pandalus'' (cold-water prawn) is a genus of shrimp in the family Pandalidae. Members of the genus are medium-sized and live on or near the seabed. Some species are the subject of commercial fisheries and are caught by trawling. One species, ' ...

'' (Komai & Hibino, 2019) *''

Pandalus hypsinotus ''Pandalus hypsinotus'' is a crustacean in the Pandalidae family. Called humpback shrimp in North America, there a small directed fishery in Prince Rupert. where the humpback is held to be the finest eating shrimp of all six species. In Japan, ...

'' J.F. Brandt in von Middendorf, 1851 *'' Pandalus ivanovi'' Komai & Eletskaya, 2008 *'' Pandalus japonicus'' (Balss, 1914) *'' Pandalus jordani'' Rathbun, 1902 *'' Pandalus lamelligerus'' J.F. Brandt in von Middendorf, 1851 *'' Pandalus latirostris'' Rathbun, 1902 *'' Pandalus longipes'' (Komai, 1994) *'' Pandalus longirostris'' (Rathbun, 1902) *'' Pandalus lucidirimicolus'' (Jensen, 1998) *'' Pandalus miyakei'' (Hayashi in Baba, Hayashi & Toriyama, 1986) *''

Pandalus montagui ''Pandalus montagui'' is a species of cold-water shrimp in the family Pandalidae. It is the type species of the genus '' Pandalus'' and is variously known as the pink shrimp, Aesop shrimp and Aesop prawn.Pandalus multidentatus'' (Kobjakova, 1936) *'' Pandalus nipponensis'' Yokoya, 1933 *'' Pandalus ochotensis'' (Kobjakova, 1936) *'' Pandalus pacificus'' Doflein, 1902 *''

Pandalus platyceros ''Pandalus platyceros'', commonly known as the Spot Prawn (or Spot Shrimp), is considered a shrimp as it is of the Infraorder Caridea. Spot Prawns are sometimes referred to by a regionally qualified name such as a BC Spot Prawn, California Spot P ...

'' J.F. Brandt in von Middendorf, 1851 *'' Pandalus prensor'' Stimpson, 1860 *'' Pandalus princeps'' (Komai & Hibino, 2019) *'' Pandalus profundus'' (Zarenkov, 1971) *'' Pandalus punctatus'' (Kobjakova, 1936) *'' Pandalus rubrus'' (Komai, 1994) *'' Pandalus spinosior'' (Hanamura, Khono & Sakaji, 2000) *'' Pandalus stenolepis'' Rathbun, 1902 *'' Pandalus teraoi'' Kubo, 1937 *'' Pandalus tridens'' Rathbun, 1902 *'' Pandalus zarenkovi'' (Ivanov & Sokolov, 2001) One additional species is known from the

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Commercial fisheries

These species are caught commercially:Selected Shrimps of British Columbia
Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Retrieved 2011-11-04. *Northern shrimp or prawn – ''

'' *Pink (smooth or ocean) shrimp – '' Pandulus jordani'' *Flexed or humpy shrimp – ''

'' *Dock shrimp – '' Pandalus danae'' *Humpback shrimp – ''

'' *Pink shrimp – ''

Pandalus montagui ''Pandalus montagui'' is a species of cold-water shrimp in the family Pandalidae. It is the type species of the genus '' Pandalus'' and is variously known as the pink shrimp, Aesop shrimp and Aesop prawn.Pandalus platyceros ''Pandalus platyceros'', commonly known as the Spot Prawn (or Spot Shrimp), is considered a shrimp as it is of the Infraorder Caridea. Spot Prawns are sometimes referred to by a regionally qualified name such as a BC Spot Prawn, California Spot P ...

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