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The spot prawn, *Pandalus platyceros*, is a large North American shrimp harvested from the Pacific Ocean. It’s notable for its sweet, delicate flavor and firm texture, highly sought after by chefs and consumers alike. Commercial fisheries in British Columbia and Alaska supply this prized marine reso...

Pandalus borealis, the northern shrimp, is a small cold-water shrimp found across the North Atlantic and North Pacific, from the Arctic to deeper shelf waters of Norway, Iceland, Greenland, Canada, and the Gulf of Maine. The species is protandrous hermaphroditic: individuals mature as males and tran...

The coonstripe shrimp (Pandalus hypsinotus), also known as the humpback shrimp, is a species of marine crustacean native to the cold waters of the North Pacific Ocean, ranging from the Sea of Japan to Alaska. It is easily recognized by its distinctive reddish-brown coloration, bold stripes, and a pr...

The scarlet shrimp, Plesionika narval, is a caridean shrimp in the family Pandalidae. It inhabits relatively deep waters of the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern Atlantic, commonly occurring on rocky or muddy bottoms along continental slopes and around islands. The species is harvested in parts of i...

Pandalus jordani, commonly called the ocean shrimp or pink shrimp, is a cold-water marine shrimp of the northeastern Pacific Ocean. It lives over soft seafloors and supports a commercial trawl fishery, particularly off Oregon, Washington, and northern California. The catch is processed for human con...

Humpback shrimp is a common name used for a cold-water pandalid shrimp associated with the North Pacific. The name refers to its raised or humped dorsal profile, which distinguishes it from more smoothly shaped shrimp. It is a marine species harvested for food in parts of its range and is discussed...

Dock shrimp, also called coonstripe shrimp, is the northeastern Pacific species Pandalus danae. Its recorded range extends from Unalaska and Alaska through the Pacific coast to near San Diego, although commercially exploited populations are concentrated farther north. It occurs on shallow marine bot...

Ridgeback prawn is the common name for Sicyonia ingentis, a marine shrimp of the family Sicyoniidae. It occurs in the eastern Pacific, including waters influenced by the California Current, and has a firm body with a pronounced ridge along the back. The species has been taken in commercial trawl fis...

Armed nylon shrimp is the common name used for Heterocarpus ensifer, a marine shrimp in the family Pandalidae. The species is associated with deep-water habitats, and fisheries references place it at depths commonly measured in hundreds of meters; its toothed, armed rostrum helps explain the common...

Sidestripe shrimp, Pandalopsis dispar, is a large pandalid shrimp of the northeastern Pacific. Its pinkish-orange body has lengthwise white stripes, and its long antennae can reach about one and a half times the body length. It inhabits muddy bottoms at roughly 90 to 201 metres in parts of its range...

Chilean Nylon Shrimp (Heterocarpus reedi) is a deep-water caridean shrimp species native to the southeastern Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile. It supports a significant commercial trawl fishery in Chilean waters. The species is found at depths on the continental slope and is also known in Spanis...

Pandalus montagui, known as the Aesop shrimp, is a cold-water shrimp in the family Pandalidae. It occurs in the North Atlantic and is associated with northern marine waters, including areas near Iceland, Norway, and northeastern Canada. The species is relevant to fisheries and marine ecology and may...

Edwards' Deep-sea Shrimp is a deep-sea crustacean, a marine invertebrate within the broad group of decapod crustaceans that includes true shrimp. Its common name honors Henri Milne-Edwards, the 19th-century French zoologist whose work contributed to the scientific study of crustaceans, also called c...