Species Identification

Species Identification

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Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Pandalidae pandalid shrimps

Genus: Pandalus

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Pandalus borealis
[Northern shrimp]

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Pandalus danae
[Dock shrimp]

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Pandalus eous
[Alaskan pink shrimp]

Photo by Miller, Todd

Pandalus goniurus
[Humpy shrimp]

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Max. Length 15 cm TL

Pandalus gurneyi
[California longbeak]

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Max. Length 20.9 cm TL

Pandalus hypsinotus
[Coonstriped shrimp]

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Max. Length 15 cm TL

Pandalus japonicus
[Morotoge shrimp]

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Max. Length 3 cm CL

Pandalus jordani
[Ocean shrimp]

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Max. Length 15.7 cm TL

Pandalus kessleri
[Hokkai shrimp]

Photo by Harvey-Clark, Chris

Pandalus montagui
[Aesop shrimp]

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Pandalus nipponensis
[]

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Pandalus platyceros
[Spot shrimp]

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Pandalus stenolepis
[Roughpatch shrimp]

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Pandalus tridens
[Yellowleg pandalid]

Scientific Name Pandalus borealis Pandalus danae Pandalus eous Pandalus goniurus Pandalus gurneyi Pandalus hypsinotus Pandalus japonicus Pandalus jordani Pandalus kessleri Pandalus montagui Pandalus nipponensis Pandalus platyceros Pandalus stenolepis Pandalus tridens	English Name Aesop shrimp Alaskan pink shrimp California longbeak Coonstriped shrimp Dock shrimp Hokkai shrimp Humpy shrimp Morotoge shrimp Northern shrimp Ocean shrimp Roughpatch shrimp Spot shrimp Yellowleg pandalid	Distribution Circumboreal Eastern Pacific Eastern Pacific. Eastern Pacific and North Indo-West Pacific Northeast Pacific Northeast Pacific. Northeast Pacific and Nor Northern Atlantic and the Northern Pacific and Nort North Pacific and Arctic Northwest Pacific Pacific Ocean	Max. Length 3 CL 14.2 TL 15 TL 15.7 TL 16 TL 16.5 TL 20.9 TL 30 TL	Year 1814 1838 1851 1857 1860 1871 1878 1902 1914 1933 1935

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