Pandalus hypsinotus

Pandalus hypsinotus
	At Sunpiazza Aquarium in Sapporo, Japan
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Caridea
Family:	Pandalidae
Genus:	Pandalus
Species:	P. hypsinotus
Binomial name
	Pandalus hypsinotus; J.F. Brandt in von Middendorf, 1851

Pandalus hypsinotus is a crustacean in the Pandalidae family. Called humpback shrimp in North America, there a small directed fishery in Prince Rupert.^[2] where the humpback is held to be the finest eating shrimp of all six species. In Japan, it is called Toyama shrimp (トヤマエビ), as they are found mainly in Toyama Bay.^[3]

It can be found in the Bering Sea, from the Aleutian Islands to Puget Sound, and in the Sea of Japan at depths of 100–200 metres (330–660 ft).

Description

The species if ordinarily 10–12.5 centimetres (3.9–4.9 in) in length, but large females may reach 17.5 centimetres (6.9 in).^[2] It attains maturity as a male, and in varying proportions as a female, in the second year, and becomes a female during the third year. Subsequent survival into the fourth year is very low. Female shrimps carry eggs from November to April.^[2]

References

^ Brandt, J.F. (1851). Krebse. In: von Middendorff, A.T., Reise in den äussersten Norden und Osten Sibiriens während der Jahre 1843 und 1844 mit allerhöchster Genehmigung auf Veranstaltung der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu St. Petersburg ausgeführt und in Verbinding mit vielen Gelehrten herausgegeben, 2 (Theil 1): 77-148, Plates 5-6. St. Petersburg. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37047789
^ ^a ^b ^c "Shrimp and prawn biology - Pacific Region - Fisheries and Oceans Canada". Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Fisheries and Oceans Canada. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
^ "Pandalus hypsinotus J.F. Brandt in von Middendorf, 1851 - Ocean Biodiversity Information System".

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[1] Brandt, J.F. (1851). Krebse. In: von Middendorff, A.T., Reise in den äussersten Norden und Osten Sibiriens während der Jahre 1843 und 1844 mit allerhöchster Genehmigung auf Veranstaltung der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu St. Petersburg ausgeführt und in Verbinding mit vielen Gelehrten herausgegeben, 2 (Theil 1): 77-148, Plates 5-6. St. Petersburg. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37047789

[DFO-2] "Shrimp and prawn biology - Pacific Region - Fisheries and Oceans Canada". Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Fisheries and Oceans Canada. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 2020-03-22.

[3] "Pandalus hypsinotus J.F. Brandt in von Middendorf, 1851 - Ocean Biodiversity Information System".

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