Parapenaeus longirostris

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)

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. It lives on the sandy bottoms between depths of 20 to 700 meters, although it is most common between 70 and 400 m. Juveniles are found at around 100 meters, while larger specimens are almost always found in water deeper than 350 m.

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

The shrimp is an interest to fisheries, making it an important commercial species for trawlers in the Mediterranean.