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Coonstripe shrimp
Pandalus hypsinotus (Coonstripe shrimp · トヤマエビ)
Not Evaluated (NE) on the IUCN Red List yet.
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 A maximum body length of 20.9 cm is almost equal to the short side of an A4 sheet of paper (21 cm) (Comparison).
- 💡 SeaLifeBase classifies the coonstripe shrimp as a commercial fishery species, and the National List of Species of Korea notes that it is an economically important shrimp along Korea's East Sea coast (Gangwon-do and Gyeongsangbuk-do).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
📖 1. Overview
The coonstripe shrimp is one of the largest species in the genus Pandalus, living on the sea floor of the North Pacific and Northwest Atlantic. It is known to be economically important along the East Sea coast of Korea.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Its ground color is bright yellowish brown or orange, with red or brown markings and white spots scattered across the carapace. The rostrum curves upward, measures 1.3–1.5 times the carapace length, and bears 18–20 spines or teeth along its upper margin.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It lives on the bottom at depths of 5–501 m, and egg-bearing females were collected off Uljin, Gyeongsangbuk-do in February 2003.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
The National List of Species of Korea records that the coonstripe shrimp is distributed in Gangwon-do and Gyeongsangbuk-do and is economically important along Korea's East Sea coast.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List: not evaluated (NE) — cross-checked with the Wikidata conservation-status entry
- • marinespecies.org — aphia.php
- • 국가생물종목록(국립생물자원관) ktsn 120000077066 — https://species.nibr.go.kr/home/mainHome.do?cont_link=009&subMenu=009002&contCd=009002&ktsn=120000077066
- • wikidata.org — Q608214
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:トヤマエビ (15441349511).jpg
- • sealifebase.se — Pandalus-hypsinotus.html
- • species.nibr.go.kr — mainHome.do
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.