lancer rose shrimp
Parapenaeus lanceolatus
- Usual depth193–280 m
- Water temperature28–29 °C
- Best monthsFebruary and March
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 1 records
- February: 7 records
- March: 7 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 2 records
- June: 3 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 193–280 m · Deepest record: 393 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 28–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- lancer rose shrimp
Names in 5 more languages
- Spanish
- camarón rosado lanzón
- French
- crevette rose lancier
- Japanese
- トゲサケエビ
- Korean
- 마루민꽃새우
- Simplified Chinese
- 矛形擬對蝦
Similar species
- Australian rose shrimp
Parapenaeus australiensis
- Neptune rose shrimp
Parapenaeus fissurus
- Explorer rose shrimp
Parapenaeus investigatoris
- Flamingo shrimp
Parapenaeus longipes
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 133 open-data records from 1908 to 1984.
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