Nature Atlas

How Nature Works
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme

Switch Atlas

Specy

Northern Shrimp

Crustaceans

Pandalus borealis is a species of caridean shrimp found in cold waters of the northern Atlantic and northern Pacific Oceans, though the Pacific population is now often regarded as a separate species, P. eous. The Food and Agriculture Organization refers to it as the northern prawn, and it is also known by many other common names, including pink shrimp, deepwater prawn, deep-sea prawn, Nordic shrimp, great northern prawn, coldwater prawn and Maine shrimp.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Omnivore 1
System (Realm)
Marine 2
Relationship to People
Hunted or Fished 3
Comparison
NatureServe Rank
G5 Secure 4
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 5
Scientific Name
Pandalus borealis 3
Conservation Status
Not Evaluated 6
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Decapoda, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Northern Shrimp

In Biome

Marine, Biomes
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Pandalus borealis (Animal Diversity Web)

In Ecosystem

Svalbard, Ecosystems
Source Wikipedia: Pandalus borealis
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Canada

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Denmark

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Norway

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Sweden

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

United Kingdom

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Sources
1. SeaLifeBase: Pandalus borealis summary
SeaLifeBaseBiology
Quote, Biology
It is an opportunistic omnivore functioning as a predator and a scavenger
View the Source
2. GBIF Species API
GBIF Species APIView the Source
3. Wikipedia: Pandalus borealis
Wikipedia
  • Wikidata Q122181 (P225 taxon name)
  • article text (relationship to people), EntityId 319059
    The Canadian fishery began in the 1980s and expanded in 1990s.
  • In Ecosystem: Svalbard, Distribution
    The distribution of the North Atlantic nominate subspecies P. b. borealis ranges from New England in the United States, Canada's eastern seaboard (off Newfoundland and Labrador and eastern Baffin Island in Nunavut), southern and eastern Greenland, Iceland, Svalbard, Norway and the North Sea as far south as the English Channel.
View the Source
4. NatureServe Explorer: Pandalus borealis
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)
Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "G5"
View the Source
5. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Pandalus borealis (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
  • Conservation Status: CITES
    CITES No special status
  • In Biome: Marine, Habitat Regions
    Habitat Regions polar polar saltwater or marine saltwater or marine
View the Source
6. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Pandalus borealis
GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 2222355, category field
Quote, GBIF taxon key 2222355, category field
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
View the Source
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
International Union for Conservation of NatureView the Source
Wikidata: Northern Shrimp
  • Wikidata Q122181, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Child Taxon Of: Decapoda, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
View the Source
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.