| Pandalidae (pandalid shrimps) |
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benthopelagic; marine; depth range 45 - 649 m |
| Eastern Pacific and the Arctic. Temperate to boreal. |
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Superficially this species resembles Pandalus borealis, but is easily distinguished
by its long antennules and red and white striped abdomen. These stripes give the animal its common name of "side stripe" shrimp. The surface of the body is finely punctate. The rostrum is two to two and a half times the length of the rest of the carapace. There are 16 to 21 dorsal spines, three or four of which are on the carapace, those over the eyes are closely placed and on the remainder of the rostrum they are more distant. There are 9 to 15 inferior spines and the extremity of the rostrum is bifid or sometimes trifid. Next to Pandalus platyceros these are the largest shrimps. |
| Maximum depth from Ref. 79465. Larvae are pelagic, probably neritic. Juveniles and adults are sublittoral and bathyal (benthopelagic), found on green mud bottoms, sometimes on rocks. Food and feeding are yet to be described (Ref. 113898). |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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