Parapenaeus longirostris
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| Parapenaeus longirostris | |
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| Adult male specimen. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Dendrobranchiata |
| Family: | Penaeidae |
| Genus: | Parapenaeus |
| Species: | P. longirostris |
| Binomial name | |
| Parapenaeus longirostris (Lucas, 1846) | |
Parapenaeus longirostris, the deep-water rose shrimp or deep-water pink shrimp, is a species of large decapod crustacean found in the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.[1] It lives on the sandy bottoms between depths of 20 to 700 meters, although it is most common between 70 and 400 m.[2] Juveniles are found at around 100 meters, while larger specimens are almost always found in water deeper than 350 m.[3]
P. longirostris feeds on a variety of prey including fish, crustaceans, polychaetes, bivalves, echinoderms and foraminifers.[2]
The shrimp is an interest to fisheries, making it an important commercial species for trawlers in the Mediterranean.[2][3]