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Hokkai shrimp

Pandalus latirostris M. J. Rathbun, 1902

Status not recordedcrustaceans

The hokkai shrimp (Pandalus latirostris) is a species in the family Pandalidae, order Decapoda.

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Quick facts about the hokkai shrimp

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the hokkai shrimp live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the hokkai shrimp as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Türkiye
  2. Ukraine

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the hokkai shrimp endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the hokkai shrimp classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderDecapoda
  5. familyPandalidae
  6. genusPandalus
  7. SpeciesPandalus latirostris M. J. Rathbun, 1902

Synonyms Pandalus kessleri

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • Camarón de HokkaiSpanish
  • Crevette hokkaiFrench
  • ホッカイエビJapanese
  • 줄무늬도화새우Korean
  • травяной чилимRussian
  • Креветка травянаяRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the hokkai shrimp

Other species in the same genus Pandalus.

King shrimp

Pandalus hypsinotus

PandalidaeNo free photo yet

Pink prawn

Pandalus montagui

PandalidaeNo free photo yet

Spot shrimp

Pandalus platyceros

PandalidaeNo free photo yet

Pink shrimp

Pandalus jordani

PandalidaeNo free photo yet

CompareHokkai shrimp vs Northern prawnHokkai shrimp vs King shrimpHokkai shrimp vs Pink prawnHokkai shrimp vs Spot shrimp

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the hokkai shrimp an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the hokkai shrimp as introduced in 2 countries: Türkiye and Ukraine, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the hokkai shrimp?

The hokkai shrimp (Pandalus latirostris) belongs to the family Pandalidae in the order Decapoda.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Hokkai shrimp (Pandalus latirostris). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/hokkai-shrimp

MLA

“Hokkai shrimp (Pandalus latirostris).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/hokkai-shrimp.

BibTeX
@misc{hokkai_shrimp_2026,
  title = {Hokkai shrimp (Pandalus latirostris)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/hokkai-shrimp},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}