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Deep-Water Rose Shrimp
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Shrimps, prawns & lobsters

Deep-Water Rose Shrimp

Parapenaeus longirostris (Lucas, 1846)

Names

EnglishDeep-Water Rose Shrimp
DutchRoze diepzeegarnaal
Spanish—
Chinese—
Sranan Tongokrabu (general name for the group)
Scientific nameParapenaeus longirostris (Lucas, 1846)

About this species

Parapenaeus longirostris, the deep-water rose shrimp or deep-water pink shrimp, is a species of large decapod crustacean found in the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It lives on the sandy bottoms between depths of 20 to 700 meters, although it is most common between 70 and 400 m. Juveniles are found at around 100 meters, while larger specimens are almost always found in water deeper than 350 m.

P. longirostris feeds on a variety of prey including fish, crustaceans, polychaetes, bivalves, echinoderms and foraminifers.

The shrimp is an interest to fisheries, making it an important commercial species for trawlers in the Mediterranean.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassMalacostraca
OrderDecapoda
FamilyPenaeidae
GenusParapenaeus

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