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:

Креветки 

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 East Coast USA, 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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