''Crangon'' is a
genus
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of
shrimp
Shrimp are crustaceans (a form of shellfish) with elongated bodies and a primarily swimming mode of locomotion – most commonly Caridea and Dendrobranchiata of the decapod order, although some crustaceans outside of this order are refer ...
.
Distribution
''Crangon'' species are found exclusively in the Northern Hemisphere, with most of the species occurring in the northern
Pacific Ocean
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.
''
C. septemspinosa'' is the only species in the genus to occur in the north-western
Atlantic Ocean
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, while in the north-eastern Atlantic, ''
C. crangon'' and ''
C. allmani'' occur.
[ With the exception of the important commercial species ''C. crangon'', however, the distributions of ''Crangon'' species are poorly characterised.][ The greater number of species in the Pacific Ocean is thought to indicate that the genus originated in the Pacific.][
]
Species
''Crangon'' contains the following extant species:Crangon amurensis
''Crangon'' is a genus of shrimp.
Distribution
''Crangon'' species are found exclusively in the Northern Hemisphere, with most of the species occurring in the northern Pacific Ocean. ''Crangon septemspinosa, C. septemspinosa'' is the only s ...
'' Bražnikov, 1907
*''Crangon capensis
''Crangon'' is a genus of shrimp.
Distribution
''Crangon'' species are found exclusively in the Northern Hemisphere, with most of the species occurring in the northern Pacific Ocean. '' C. septemspinosa'' is the only species in the genus t ...
'' Stimpson, 1860
*''Crangon cassiope
''Crangon'' is a genus of shrimp.
Distribution
''Crangon'' species are found exclusively in the Northern Hemisphere, with most of the species occurring in the northern Pacific Ocean. ''Crangon septemspinosa, C. septemspinosa'' is the only s ...
'' De Man, 1906
*''Crangon crangon
''Crangon crangon'' is a species of caridean shrimp found across the northeastern Atlantic Ocean from the White Sea in the north of Russia to the coast of Morocco, including the Baltic Sea, as well as occurring throughout the Mediterranean and Bl ...
'' (Linnaeus
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, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
)
*''Crangon dalli
''Crangon'' is a genus of shrimp.
Distribution
''Crangon'' species are found exclusively in the Northern Hemisphere, with most of the species occurring in the northern Pacific Ocean. '' C. septemspinosa'' is the only species in the genus t ...
'' Rathbun, 1902
*''Crangon franciscorum
''Crangon franciscorum'' is a species of shrimp in the family Crangonidae which is endemic to the brackish estuaries of California, and found from Puget Sound in the north to San Diego, California in the south. The species is especially abundant ...
'' Stimpson, 1856
*''Crangon hakodatei
''Crangon'' is a genus of shrimp.
Distribution
''Crangon'' species are found exclusively in the Northern Hemisphere, with most of the species occurring in the northern Pacific Ocean. '' C. septemspinosa'' is the only species in the genus t ...
'' Rathbun, 1902
*''Crangon handi
''Crangon'' is a genus of shrimp.
Distribution
''Crangon'' species are found exclusively in the Northern Hemisphere, with most of the species occurring in the northern Pacific Ocean. '' C. septemspinosa'' is the only species in the genus t ...
'' Kuris & Carlton, 1977
*''Crangon holmesi
''Crangon'' is a genus of shrimp.
Distribution
''Crangon'' species are found exclusively in the Northern Hemisphere, with most of the species occurring in the northern Pacific Ocean. '' C. septemspinosa'' is the only species in the genus t ...
'' Rathbun, 1902
*''Crangon lockingtonii
''Crangon'' is a genus of shrimp.
Distribution
''Crangon'' species are found exclusively in the Northern Hemisphere, with most of the species occurring in the northern Pacific Ocean. '' C. septemspinosa'' is the only species in the genus t ...
'' Holmes, 1904
*''Crangon nigricauda
''Crangon'' is a genus of shrimp.
Distribution
''Crangon'' species are found exclusively in the Northern Hemisphere, with most of the species occurring in the northern Pacific Ocean. '' C. septemspinosa'' is the only species in the genus t ...
'' Stimpson, 1856
*''Crangon nigromaculata
''Crangon'' is a genus of shrimp.
Distribution
''Crangon'' species are found exclusively in the Northern Hemisphere, with most of the species occurring in the northern Pacific Ocean. '' C. septemspinosa'' is the only species in the genus t ...
'' Lockington, 1877
*''Crangon propinquus
''Crangon'' is a genus of shrimp.
Distribution
''Crangon'' species are found exclusively in the Northern Hemisphere, with most of the species occurring in the northern Pacific Ocean. '' C. septemspinosa'' is the only species in the genus t ...
'' Stimpson, 1860
*'' Crangon septemspinosa'' Say, 1818
*''Crangon uritai
''Crangon'' is a genus of shrimp.
Distribution
''Crangon'' species are found exclusively in the Northern Hemisphere, with most of the species occurring in the northern Pacific Ocean. '' C. septemspinosa'' is the only species in the genus t ...
'' Hayashi & J. N. Kim, 1999
A further two species are known from the fossil record
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.
References
Caridea
Decapod genera
Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius
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