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Deepwater prawn

Order Decapoda

Family Pandalidae

Marine decapod crustacean. It is slender and has a smooth body surface. The shell is somewhat thin. Rostrum upcurved, as long as or slightly longer than the carapace, armed with 12 to 16 teeth above (including 3 or 4 on the carapace). The anterior dorsal spine is situated at least as far forward as the distal third of the rostrum. Telson with eight to eleven pairs of lateral spines, occasionally odd numbers. They can reach a size of 165 mm in length (females).

Characteristics

FAO code
PRA

Specie
Pandalus borealis

Type
Crustaceans

FAO Fishing Areas

Area 18: the Arctic Ocean
Area 21: the Northwestern part of the Atlantic Ocean
Area 27: the Northeastern part of the Atlantic Ocean
Area 61: the Northwestern part of the Pacific Ocean
Area 67: the Northeastern part of the Pacific Ocean

Fishing seasons

feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec

International denominations

Germany Tiefseegarnele

France Crevette nordique

Italy Gamberello boreale

Portugal Camarão árctico

United Kingdom Deepwater prawn

Japan Hokkoku aka ebi

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