Description: A deep-water edible caridean shrimp reddish in colour, with a large, thick head. The upper edge of the rostrum is spiked only on the base. Third abdominal segment with a well market and fairly acute dorsal keel terminated posteriorly in a spine. The eggs are deep blue, clearly visible in ovigerous females.
Size: Maximum length 17.0 cm. Maximum weight 37.6 g.
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Reproduction: Ovigerous females are found year-round, but there appears to be a peak reproductive season, which in the Canary Islands is from May to December. Eggs are small and numerous.
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ECOLOGICAL FEATURES
Depth range: SeaLifeBase: 500 - 1473 m, usually 500 - 1000 m. Canary Islands (Arrasate-López et al. 2012): 535 - 1632 m.
Habitat: Exclusively benthic, mostly on muddy, but also rocky or sandy bottoms.
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FISHERIES
Commercial interest: Only available from experimental fishing. CPUE does not indicate potential for commercial exploitation in Madeira.
Conservation status: Not evaluated.
Nutritional information & food safety:
Proximate composition per 100 g:
energy value 115.40 kcal (5.8% DRV)
protein 18.14 g (36.3% DRV)
fat 0.73 g (1.0% DRV)
of which saturates 0.22 g (1.1% DRV)
omega-3 (EPA+DHA): 0.127 g (recommended: 0.250 - 2.0 g daily)
Arrasate-López M., Tuset V.M., Santana J.I., GarcÃa-Mederos A., Ayza O., González J.A. (2012). Fishing methods for sustainable shrimp fisheries in the Canary Islands (North-West Africa). African Journal of Marine Science,
34(3): 331-339.
Crosnier A., Forest J. (1973). Les crevettes profondes de l’Atlantique oriental
tropical. Faune Tropicale XIX, Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre Mer, Paris, France, 409 pp.
