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SHRIMP TYPES
Spot (Prawn)
Pandalus platyceros
Sidestripe
Pandalopsis dispar
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Pandalus danae
Humpback (Coonstripe)
Pandalus hypsinotus
Humpy (Coonstripe)
Pandalus goniurus
Northern (Rough) Pink
Pandalus eous
Ocean (Smooth) Pink
Pandalus jordani 
 
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Ocean (Smooth) Pink Shrimp
Pandalus jordani

Ocean pink shrimp are almost identical in size and coloration to the northern (rough) pink shrimp, but the spine is absent from the third tail segment.

pink shrimp photo

Commercial shrimpers off the Washington coast harvest large numbers of this species. Ocean pinks are also found in southern Puget Sound, through they are occasionally captured in northern Puget Sound too.

ocean pink shrimp drawing

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