David Lehrian
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Pandalus danae Stimpson, 1857
The shrimp is usually a light translucent orange-red or brownish-red with small red and white spots on the sides of the shell and narrow red longitudinal stripes on the belly (but no large white spots like Pandalus platyceros). Sometimes the shrimp also has bright blue stripes. The distinctive upward-curving rostrum is not as long as some other Pandalus species, less than 1.5 times the length of the carapace.
Geographic range: Alaska to Monterey, California
Depth range: Adult shrimp live in the intertidal range up to 185 m, juvenile shrimp live shallower and can even occur in low intertidal zones.
Habitat: Rocky and sandy soil or often found at harbor basins, which is also where the English name dock shrimp comes from.
Note: According to the American Fisheries Society, Pandalus danae should be called “dock shrimp” and the term “coonstripe shrimp” should be reserved for Pandalus hypsinotus.
Synonymised names
Pandalus franciscorum Kingsley, 1878 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
The shrimp is usually a light translucent orange-red or brownish-red with small red and white spots on the sides of the shell and narrow red longitudinal stripes on the belly (but no large white spots like Pandalus platyceros). Sometimes the shrimp also has bright blue stripes. The distinctive upward-curving rostrum is not as long as some other Pandalus species, less than 1.5 times the length of the carapace.
Geographic range: Alaska to Monterey, California
Depth range: Adult shrimp live in the intertidal range up to 185 m, juvenile shrimp live shallower and can even occur in low intertidal zones.
Habitat: Rocky and sandy soil or often found at harbor basins, which is also where the English name dock shrimp comes from.
Note: According to the American Fisheries Society, Pandalus danae should be called “dock shrimp” and the term “coonstripe shrimp” should be reserved for Pandalus hypsinotus.
Synonymised names
Pandalus franciscorum Kingsley, 1878 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
