Pandalus platyceros

Description

Size: to 30 cm

Reproduction: Off the coast of central California, the majority of gravid females are found September through March.

Geographic Information

Published depth range: 4 - 487 m

Ocean range (global): Unalaska, Alaska to San Diego, California

Habitat description: Benthic.

Additional Information

References

Encyclopedia of Life

Tree of Life

World Register of Marine Species

National Center for Biotechnology Information

Butler, T.H. (1970). Synopsis of biological data on the prawn Pandalus platyceros Brandt, 1851. FAO Fisheries Report, 95: 1289–1315.

Butler, T.H. (1964). Growth, reproduction and distribution of Pandalid shrimp in British Columbia. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 21: 1403-1452. https://doi.org/10.1139/f64-121

Schlining, K.L. (1999). The spot prawn (Pandalus platyceros Brandt 1851) resource in Carmel Submarine Canyon, California: Aspects of fisheries and habitat associations. California State University, Stanislaus. Masters.