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Family: Pandalidae pandalid shrimps (See list of species below)

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17 species in Atlantic, Northeast with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Atlantopandalus propinqvus []	Chlorotocus crassicornis [Green shrimp]	No picture found Dichelopandalus bonnieri [Whip shrimp]
No picture found Heterocarpus ensifer [Armed nylon shrimp]	Heterocarpus grimaldii [Grimald's nylon shrimp]	No picture found Pandalina brevirostris []
Pandalus borealis [Northern shrimp]	Pandalus montagui [Aesop shrimp]	Plesionika acanthonotus [Lesser striped shrimp]
Plesionika antigai [Catalonian striped shrimp]	Plesionika edwardsii [Soldier striped shrimp]	No picture found Plesionika ensis [Gladiator striped shrimp]
Plesionika gigliolii [Italian deepsea shrimp]	Plesionika heterocarpus [Arrow shrimp]	Plesionika martia [Golden shrimp]
Plesionika narval [Narwal shrimp]	Stylopandalus richardi []

17 Species of Family Pandalidae
(pandalid shrimps)

Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Atlantopandalus propinqvus		Northeast Atlantic and th
Chlorotocus crassicornis	Green shrimp	Indo-West Pacific, Easter	7.8 TL
Dichelopandalus bonnieri	Whip shrimp	Northeast Atlantic
Heterocarpus ensifer	Armed nylon shrimp	Indo-Pacific and Atlantic	14.2 TL
Heterocarpus grimaldii	Grimald's nylon shrimp	Eastern Atlantic	17 TL
Pandalina brevirostris		Eastern Atlantic and the
Pandalus borealis	Northern shrimp	Circumpolar. Temperate t	16.5 TL
Pandalus montagui	Aesop shrimp	Northern Atlantic and the	16 TL
Plesionika acanthonotus	Lesser striped shrimp	Atlantic Ocean and the Me	8.5 TL
Plesionika antigai	Catalonian striped shrimp	Atlantic Ocean and the Me
Plesionika edwardsii	Soldier striped shrimp	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	4 CL
Plesionika ensis	Gladiator striped shrimp	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	12.8 TL
Plesionika gigliolii	Italian deepsea shrimp	Atlantic Ocean and the Me	1.86 CL
Plesionika heterocarpus	Arrow shrimp	Eastern Atlantic and the	10.6 TL
Plesionika martia	Golden shrimp	Cosmopolitan	16.9 TL
Plesionika narval	Narwal shrimp	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	14.5 TL
Stylopandalus richardi		Indo-Pacific and Atlantic

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