Arctic shrimp
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Arctic Shrimp ( Pandalus borealis ) |
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| Krøyer , 1838 |
The arctic shrimp ( Pandalus borealis , syn .: Pandalus eous ) is a shrimp species of the genus Pandalus within the family of deep-sea shrimp (Pandalidae). It occurs in the northern parts of the Atlantic and Pacific .
distribution
The distribution ranges from New England over the Canadian east coast, Greenland , Iceland , Svalbard , Norway and the North Sea to south into the English Channel . In the Pacific it can be found off Japan , in the Sea of Okhotsk , the Bering Strait and off North America south to Washington State . Pandalus borealis live at depths between 10 and 500 meters, over muddy soft floors, at water temperatures of 2-14 ° C . Arctic prawns can be up to twelve cm long and three to four years old.
use
The arctic shrimp is an economically important marine animal and has been caught as food off Norway and in other regions since the early 20th century . The term “Greenland Shrimp” is also often used in the food trade.
Shrimp Alkaline Phosphatase (SAP) is an enzyme used in molecular biology and extracted from Pandalus borealis . The chitin of the body armor can be processed into chitosan or glucosamine .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fereidoon Shahidi, Jozef Synowiecki: Isolation and characterization of nutrients and value-added products from snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) and shrimp (Pandalus borealis) processing discards. In: J. Agric. Food Chem. , Vol. 39 (8), 1991, pp. 1527-1532, doi : 10.1021 / jf00008a032
