Pandalus montagui Aesop shrimp

Pandalus montagui is commonly referred to as Aesop shrimp. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

6071 

AphiaID:

107651 

Scientific:

Pandalus montagui 

German:

RosaTiefsee-Garnele, Aesop Garnele 

English:

Aesop Shrimp 

Category:

Räkor 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Pandalidae (Family) > Pandalus (Genus) > montagui (Species) 

Initial determination:

Leach, 1814 

Occurrence:

Russland, the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Alaska , Belgium, Canada Western Atlantic, Danmark, European Coasts, France, Germany, Greenland, Gulf of Maine, Iceland, Norway, Scandinavia, the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, the Isle of Man, the Mediterranean Sea, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Mesopelagial
Mesopelagic zone
lies between 200 to 1000 meters depth, thus it is considered the "twilight zone of the sea" between the light and dark depth zones. 

Sea depth:

0 - 968 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

1.97" - 6.3" (5cm - 16cm) 

Temperature:

6,0 °F - 9,7 °F (6,0°C - 9,7°C) 

Food:

Carrion, Hydrozoa polyps, Invertebrates, Predatory, Worms 

Difficulty:

Cold water animal 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Pandalus borealis
• 
  Pandalus danae
  Dock Shrimp
• Pandalus eous
• Pandalus goniurus
• 
  Pandalus gurneyi
  Kalifornischer Langschnabel
• Pandalus hypsinotus
• Pandalus jordani
• Pandalus kessleri
• 
  Pandalus montagui
  RosaTiefsee-Garnele, Aesop Garnele
• Pandalus nipponensis
• 
  Pandalus platyceros
  Garnele
• 
  Pandalus stenolepis
  Garnele
• Pandalus tridens
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-09-17 19:23:52 

Last edit:

2025-10-29 17:47:09 

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