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Malacostracans · Decapoda · Penaeidae

Deep-Water Rose Shrimp

Parapenaeus longirostris

Not Evaluated

It has not yet been assessed against the IUCN criteria.

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The deep-water rose shrimp is a decapod crustacean of the family Penaeidae found in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean; one of its best-known fishing grounds is the Gulf of Cádiz, off the coast of the province of Huelva. The white prawn of Huelva is known and prized nationally and internationally for its high quality and for being landed within a few hours of capture, from which the quality label "Gambas de Huelva" takes its name.

Size

10 cm – 19 cm

Diet

Omnivore

Combines animal and plant food depending on availability.

Social structure

Solitary

Lives and hunts alone, joining others only to breed.

Ocean
21countries35parks64dive sites1same family

Fun facts

  • GeneralThe mainstay of the trawler fleet of the Gulf of Cádiz and Huelva.
  • The females grow considerably larger than the males, so the big prawns in a box are nearly all female.
  • It makes vertical migrations at night, which governs the working hours of the fleets that fish for it.
  • It is one of the most important target species of the Mediterranean trawl fleet.
  • Juveniles and adults separate out by depth, so the size a boat catches depends directly on the depth it works.
  • The female's gonads change colour with maturity, from white to dark green, which makes it possible to judge reproductive state at a glance.

Life cycle and biology

Skeleton type
Invertebrate - articulated calcareous exoskeleton (crustacean)
Habitat and environment
Mud and sand bottoms from 100 to 400 m

Sources consulted: Wikipedia (es): Parapenaeus longirostris · ScienceDirect (Hughes 1989) · Science Advances, How colonial animals evolve · Wikipedia, Zooid

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The pins mark the parks and dive sites where its presence is documented.

See its range on the interactive map→
Doñana National ParkSpain
CalanquesFrance
Cinque TerreItaly
Alonissos and the Northern SporadesGreece
IchkeulTunisia
Banc d'ArguinMauritania
Majjistral ParkMalta
Port-CrosFrance
Cabrera ArchipelagoSpain
Ebro DeltaSpain
Zenobia WreckCyprus
Medes IslandsSpain
Cap de CreusSpain
Zakynthos (loggerhead turtle)Greece
Kastellorizo (Blue Cave)Greece
Malta (Blue Hole Gozo / Um El Faroud)Malta
Tavolara (Sardinia)Italy
Plemmirio Marine Reserve (Sicily)Italy
Vis Island (wrecks)Croatia
Kornati IslandsCroatia
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ParksDoñana National ParkSpain
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