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

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in the

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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, ''

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 worms, commonly called bristle worms or polychaetes (). Each body segment has a pair of fleshy protrusions called parapodia that bear many bristles, called chaetae, which are ...

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

The following extant species are accepted by the

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Pandalus aleuticus ''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 ...

'' (Rathbun, 1902) *''

Pandalus amplus ''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, ' ...

'' (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 Agriculture Orga ...

'' Krøyer, 1838 *''

Pandalus capillus ''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 chani ''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 coccinatus ''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 ...

'' (Urita, 1941) *''

Pandalus curvatus ''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 danae ''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, 1857 *'' Pandalus dispar'' (Rathbun, 1902) *'' Pandalus eous'' Makarov, 1935 *'' Pandalus formosanus'' 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, ordinarily in length, but large females may reach . It can be found in the Bering Sea, from the Aleutian Islands to Puget Sound, and in the Sea of Japan at depths of . This spe ...

'' J.F. Brandt in von Middendorf, 1851 *'' Pandalus ivanovi'' Komai & Eletskaya, 2008 *''

Pandalus japonicus ''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 ...

'' (Balss, 1914) *''

Pandalus jordani ''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 ...

'' Rathbun, 1902 *''

Pandalus lamelligerus ''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 ...

'' J.F. Brandt in von Middendorf, 1851 *''

Pandalus latirostris ''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 ...

'' Rathbun, 1902 *''

Pandalus longipes ''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, 1994) *''

Pandalus longirostris ''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 ...

'' (Rathbun, 1902) *''

Pandalus lucidirimicolus ''Pandalus lucidirimicola'', the sparkling shrimp, is a species of caridean shrimp in the family Pandalidae. Taxonomy It was originally described in the genus ''Pandalopsis,'' which has since been synonymized with ''Pandalus''. The species e ...

'' (Jensen, 1998) *''

Pandalus miyakei ''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, ' ...

'' (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 ''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 nipponensis ''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 ...

'' Yokoya, 1933 *''

Pandalus ochotensis ''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 ...

'' (Kobjakova, 1936) *''

Pandalus pacificus ''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, ' ...

'' Doflein, 1902 *''

Pandalus platyceros ''Pandalus platyceros'', also called California spot prawn (as well as Santa Barbara spot prawn and Monterey Bay spot prawn) or Alaskan prawn, is a shrimp of the genus ''Pandalus''. Spot shrimp are a large shrimp found in the North Pacific. They ...

'' J.F. Brandt in von Middendorf, 1851 *''

Pandalus prensor ''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 princeps ''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 profundus ''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, ' ...

'' (Zarenkov, 1971) *''

Pandalus punctatus ''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 rubrus ''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, 1994) *''

Pandalus spinosior ''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 ...

'' (Hanamura, Khono & Sakaji, 2000) *''

Pandalus stenolepis ''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 ...

'' Rathbun, 1902 *''

Pandalus teraoi ''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, ' ...

'' Kubo, 1937 *''

Pandalus tridens ''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 ...

'' Rathbun, 1902 *''

Pandalus zarenkovi ''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 ...

'' (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 – ''

'' *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'', also called California spot prawn (as well as Santa Barbara spot prawn and Monterey Bay spot prawn) or Alaskan prawn, is a shrimp of the genus ''Pandalus''. Spot shrimp are a large shrimp found in the North Pacific. They ...

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