Pandalus borealis

Pandalus borealis
Living at Nordsøen Oceanarium (above), deshelled as typically sold for human consumption (below)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Pandalidae
Genus: Pandalus
Species:
P. borealis
Binomial name
Pandalus borealis
Krøyer, 1838

Pandalus borealis is a species of caridean shrimp found in cold parts of the northern Atlantic and northern Pacific Oceans,[1] although the latter population now often is regarded as a separate species, P. eous.[2] The Food and Agriculture Organization refers to them as the northern prawn. Other common names include pink shrimp, deepwater prawn, deep-sea prawn, Nordic shrimp, great northern prawn, northern shrimp,[1] coldwater prawn and Maine shrimp.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference FAO was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Fransen, Charles (2019). "Pandalus Leach, 1814". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 24 December 2019.