Pandalus platyceros
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Pandalus platyceros
| Pandalus platyceros | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Pandalidae |
| Genus: | Pandalus |
| Species: | P. platyceros |
| Binomial name | |
| Pandalus platyceros Brandt, 1851[1] |
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Pandalus platyceros, also called California spot prawn or Alaskan prawn, is a shrimp of the genus Pandalus.[1]
Spot shrimp are a large shrimp found in the North Pacific. They range from the waters off Unalaska Island, Alaska, to San Diego. The commercial spot prawn fishery along the British Columbia coast is considered sustainable and provides the largest landed value to the BC shrimp fishery. [2]
References
- ^ a b "Pandalus platyceros". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=96979.
- ^ Underwater World - Selected Shrimps of British Columbia, http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/zone/underwater_sous-marin/shrimp/shrimp-crevette-eng.htm, retrieved 29 May 2009
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