Pandalopsis
dispar Rathbun, 1902
Common name(s): Sidestriped shrimp
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Synonyms: |
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Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Crustacea
Class Malacostraca
Subclass Eumalacostraca
Superorder Eucarida
Order Decapoda
Suborder Pleocyemata
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Pandalopsis
dispar captured
at about 70 m depth in San Juan Channel. Total length (telson
to
rostrum) 15 cm. |
(Photo by: Dave Cowles,
July 2008) |
Description:
As with all Caridean
shrimp, the pleurons
(epimera)
of the second abdominal segment overlap those of segment 1 and 2 (photo).
As with all members of Family Pandalidae, none of the pereopods
have exopodites
and the carpus
of pereopod
2 is subdivided into several units (multiarticulated, but not more than
7 units), and the rostrum
is prominent and has movable dorsal spines. Pandalopsis
dispar has very long first antennae (more than twice as
long as
the carapace
+ rostrum)
(photo), and the distal
half of its rostrum
has dorsal spines (photo).
Total body length
to 20.8 cm.
How to Distinguish from
Similar Species: Pandalopsis
ampla, a deepwater species, does not have dorsal spines on
the distal
half of its rostrum.
Members of genus Pandalus
such as P.
platyceros, P.
eous, P. hypsinotus, and P.
danae have much shorter first
antennae. No other local
shrimp has the distinctive pattern of abdominal stripes that this
species
has (such as the white stripe that goes along the side of the abdomen),
though several such as P.
hypsinotus
and P.
danae do have abdominal stripes.
Geographical Range:
Pribilof Islands
(Arctic Ocean) to Manhattan Beach, Oregon
Depth Range:
45-650 m
Habitat:
Soft bottoms (subtidal)
Biology/Natural History:
This species
is fished commercially with bottom trawls, but because it catches
mostly
midwater shrimp for its own food it is not usually attracted to shrimp
pots. Its large, paddlelike pleopods
suggest its ample swimming ability (photo).
This species is sometimes parasitized by the bopyrid isopod Bopyroides
hippolytes.
References:
Dichotomous Keys:
Kozloff
1987, 1996
Wicksten,
2009
General References:
Butler,
1980
Lamb
and Hanby, 2005
Jensen,
1995
Scientific Articles:
Web sites:
General Notes and
Observations: Locations,
abundances, unusual behaviors:
We only encounter this species on deep trawls such as those
with the
University of Washington in San Juan Channel. It is less
common there
than many of the Pandalus species such as P.
platyceros.
This side view shows the distinctive abdomen stripes, the very long
rostrum,
and the fact that both the first and second antennae are much longer
than
the carapace
+ rostrum.
Note that one of the first antennae is broken. Also note the
large
paddle-like pleopods,
one pair of which is extended in this photo. Photo by Dave
Cowles
July 2008
This closeup of the side of the abdomen shows the distinctive stripes,
and also the fact that in this shrimp, as in all Caridean shrimp, the
pleuron
of the second abdominal segment overlaps that of the first and third
segment.
The dorsal spines on the carapace
are only on the front half of the carapace
and the rostrum.
The spines on the rostrum
are found nearly out to the end--not just on the basal part.
Note
that ventral spines also are found nearly out to the end.
This individual was parasitized by a gill parasite such as Bopyroides hippolites
(which I removed before the photo). The swelling in the gill cover part
of the carapace where the isopod was living can be clearly seen. Photo
by David Cowles, July 2024
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