Parapenaeus longirostris

Parapenaeus longirostris, the deep-water rose shrimp or deep-water pink shrimp, is a species of large decapod crustacean found in the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.^[1] It lives on the sandy bottoms between depths of 20 to 700 meters, although it is most common between 70 and 400 m.^[2] Juveniles are found at around 100 meters, while larger specimens are almost always found in water deeper than 350 m.^[3]

Parapenaeus longirostris
Adult male specimen.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Dendrobranchiata
Family:	Penaeidae
Genus:	Parapenaeus
Species:	P. longirostris
Binomial name
Parapenaeus longirostris (Lucas, 1846)

P. longirostris feeds on a variety of prey including fish, crustaceans, polychaetes, bivalves, echinoderms and foraminifers.^[2]

The shrimp is an interest to fisheries, making it an important commercial species for trawlers in the Mediterranean.^[2][3]

Description

There is a large furrow along the full length of the pink-orange carapace of the shrimp. Female gonads vary in colour, white to dark green, depending on the stage of maturity. P. longirostris grows up to 4.2 cm in length.^[2]