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spot shrimp

Pandalus platyceros

Classification

Pandalus platyceros, commonly known as the spot prawn or spot shrimp), is considered a shrimp as it is of the Infraorder Caridea. Spot prawns are sometimes referred to by a regionally qualified name such as a BC Spot Prawn, California Spot Prawn, and Alaskan Prawn among others. The spot prawn ranges throughout the northern Pacific Ocean, (Unalaska Island, Alaska to San Diego, California), and also from the Sea of Japan to Korea Strait.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Canada · 1,147United States of America · 92