Pandalus is a genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of shrimp

Shrimp

Shrimp are swimming, decapod crustaceans classified in the infraorder Caridea, found widely around the world in both fresh and salt water. Adult shrimp are filter feeding benthic animals living close to the bottom. They can live in schools and can swim rapidly backwards. Shrimp are an important...

s in the family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Pandalidae

Pandalidae

The family Pandalidae is a taxon of Caridean shrimp. These species are commonly called pandalid shrimps. They are edible and have high economic value. They are characterized by the subdivided carpus of the second pereiopod and, mainly, by the lack of the chelae of the first pereiopod...

. Members of the genus are medium sized and live on or near the seabed. Some species are the subject of commercial fisheries and are caught by trawling. One species, Pandalus montagui

Pandalus montagui

Pandalus montagui is a species of cold water shrimp in the family Pandalidae. It is the type species in the genus Pandalus and is variously known as the pink shrimp, Aesop shrimp and Aesop prawn.-Description:...

, lives in association with the reef-building polychaete

Polychaete

The Polychaeta or polychaetes are a class of annelid worms, generally marine. Each body segment has a pair of fleshy protrusions called parapodia that bear many bristles, called chaetae, which are made of chitin. Indeed, polychaetes are sometimes referred to as bristle worms. More than 10,000...

 worm, Sabellaria spinulosa

Sabellaria spinulosa

Sabellaria spinulosa is a species of marine polychaete worm in the family Sabellariidae, commonly known as the Ross worm. It lives in a tube built of sand, gravel and pieces of shell.-Description:...

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The life span is typically 3–5 years with sexual maturity being reached at an early age. Members of this genus are protandric hermaphrodites, starting life as males and later becoming females. Reproduction takes place in the spring when up to 3,000 eggs are produced and fertilised internally. The female carries them around under the abdomen for about 6 days before they develop into planktotrophic larvae. These remain in the plankton

Plankton

Plankton are any drifting organisms that inhabit the pelagic zone of oceans, seas, or bodies of fresh water. That is, plankton are defined by their ecological niche rather than phylogenetic or taxonomic classification...

 for 4–6 months. During this time they drift with the currents and have a dispersal potential of at least 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) The shrimps have a rapid growth rate and this means that populations can build up quite rapidly after disturbance or habitat destruction.

Species

The following extant species are accepted by the World Register of Marine Species

World Register of Marine Species

The World Register of Marine Species is a database that hopes to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms. The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scientific specialists on each group of organism. These taxonomists control the quality of the...

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• Pandalus borealis
  Pandalus borealis
  Pandalus borealis is a species of shrimp found in cold parts of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Many different common names are used, including pink shrimp, deepwater prawn, deep-sea prawn, great northern prawn, and northern shrimp.-Distribution:P...
  
  Krøyer, 1838
• Pandalus chani Komai, 1999
• Pandalus curvatus Komai, 1999
• Pandalus danae Stimpson, 1857
• Pandalus eous Makarov, 1935
• Pandalus formosanus Komai, 1999
• Pandalus goniurus Stimpson, 1860
• Pandalus gracilis Stimpson, 1860
• Pandalus gurneyi Stimpson, 1871
• Pandalus hypsinotus Brandt, 1851
• Pandalus ivanovi Komai & Eletskaya, 2008
• Pandalus jordani Rathbun, 1902
• Pandalus latirostris Rathbun, 1902b
• Pandalus montagui
  Pandalus montagui
  Pandalus montagui is a species of cold water shrimp in the family Pandalidae. It is the type species in the genus Pandalus and is variously known as the pink shrimp, Aesop shrimp and Aesop prawn.-Description:...
  
  Leach, 1814 in Leach, 1813–1814
• Pandalus nipponensis Yokoya, 1933
• Pandalus platyceros
  Pandalus platyceros
  Pandalus platyceros, also called California spot prawn or Alaskan prawn, is a shrimp of the genus Pandalus.Spot shrimp are a large shrimp found in the North Pacific...
  
  Brandt, 1851
• Pandalus prensor Stimpson, 1860
• Pandalus stenolepis Rathbun, 1902
• Pandalus teraoi Kubo, 1937
• Pandalus tridens Rathbun, 1902

One additional species is known from the fossil record.

Commercial fisheries

The following species are caught commercially:

• Northern shrimp or prawn – Pandalus borealis
  Pandalus borealis
  Pandalus borealis is a species of shrimp found in cold parts of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Many different common names are used, including pink shrimp, deepwater prawn, deep-sea prawn, great northern prawn, and northern shrimp.-Distribution:P...
  
  
• Pink (smooth or ocean) shrimp – Pandulus jordani
• Flexed or humpy shrimp – Pandalus goniurus
• Dock shrimp – Pandalus danae
• Humpback shrimp – Pandalus hypsinotus
• Pink shrimp – Pandalus montagui
  Pandalus montagui
  Pandalus montagui is a species of cold water shrimp in the family Pandalidae. It is the type species in the genus Pandalus and is variously known as the pink shrimp, Aesop shrimp and Aesop prawn.-Description:...
  
  
• Spot shrimp – Pandalus platyceros
  Pandalus platyceros
  Pandalus platyceros, also called California spot prawn or Alaskan prawn, is a shrimp of the genus Pandalus.Spot shrimp are a large shrimp found in the North Pacific...