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The FAO's preferred name for the species is northern pink shrimp; other common names, used in the USA, are pink shrimp, spotted shrimp, pink-spotted shrimp, brown-spotted shrimp, grooved shrimp, green shrimp, pink night shrimp, red shrimp, hopper ("Dettloff brown"), skipper, pushed shrimp and bait shrimp. [2] [5]
Old scientific name New scientific name Common name(s) P. aztecus: Farfantepenaeus aztecus: northern brown shrimp P. brasiliensis: Farfantepenaeus brasiliensis: red-spotted shrimp, spotted pink shrimp P. brevirostris: Farfantepenaeus brevirostris: crystal shrimp, pink shrimp P. californiensis: Farfantepenaeus californiensis: yellowleg shrimp ...
Pink shrimp may refer to any of the following species: Pandalus borealis; Pandalus montagui; Pandalus jordani, a shrimp in the genus Pandalus;
Farfantepenaeus is a genus of prawns in the family Penaeidae.Its eight species [3] were formerly included in the genus Penaeus. [4] It was first published as a genus name in 1972 by Rudolf N. Burukovsky, but without the necessary designation of a type species.
Metapenaeus monoceros is a species of prawn in the family Penaeidae.It is also known as speckled shrimp, brown shrimp and pink shrimp in English, crevette mouchetée in French, camarón moteado in Spanish, koraney chingri or honye chingri in India, ginger prawn in South Africa and choodan chemmeen in Malayalam.
Synalpheus pinkfloydi, the Pink Floyd pistol shrimp, is a species of snapping shrimp in the genus Synalpheus. Described in 2017, it was named after the rock band Pink Floyd, in part because it has a distinctive "bright pink-red claw". [1] [2] The sound it makes by snapping the claw shut reaches 210 decibels, and can kill nearby small fish. [3]
Beyond human consumption, shrimp alkaline phosphatase (SAP), an enzyme used in molecular biology, is obtained from Pandalus borealis, and the species' carapace is a source of chitosan, a versatile chemical used for such different applications as treating bleeding wounds, filtering wine or improving the soil in organic farming.
The shrimp Palaemon serratus of the infraorder Caridea. A shrimp (pl.: shrimp or shrimps ()) is a crustacean (a form of shellfish) with an elongated body and a primarily swimming mode of locomotion – typically belonging to the Caridea or Dendrobranchiata of the order Decapoda, although some crustaceans outside of this order are also referred to as "shrimp".