A shrimp (Crangon allmanni)

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Summary

Description

Recorded distribution in Britain and Ireland

Found around all UK and Irish coasts.

Global distribution

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Habitat

Crangon allmanni is found in sandy or gravelly sediments from 20-250 m.

Depth range

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Identifying features

  • Reddish grey colour.
  • Rostrum about half length of eye, narrrow with rounded apex.
  • Carapace with single mid-dorsal spine.
  • Sixth pleonite with deep dorsal groove flanked by ridges.

Additional information

The closely related species Crangon crangon, is found from the intertidal to 50 m and can co-occur with Crangon allmanni. Crangon crangon is commercially harvested in northern Europe and can be distinguished from Crangon allmanni by its brown-grey colouration and the lack of a dorsal groove of the sixth abdominal segment.

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Bibliography

  1. Allen, J.A. 1960. On the biology of Crangon allmanni Kinahan in Northumberland waters. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 39, 481-508.

  2. Blahudka, S. & Türkay, M. 2002. A population of the shrimp Crangon allmanni in the German Bight. Helgoland Marine Research, 56, 190-197.

  3. Creutxberg, F. & van Leeuwan, F. 1980. The life cycle of Crangon allmanni Kinahan in the southern North Sea. ICES Council Meeting Papers, C.M.1980/L:71.

  4. Criales, M.M. & Anger, K. 1986. Experimental studies on the larval development of the shrimps Crangon crangon and C. allmani. Helgolander Meeresunterschungen, 40, 241-265.

  5. Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (ed.) 1995b. Handbook of the marine fauna of North-West Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

  6. Howson, C.M. & Picton, B.E., 1997. The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Belfast: Ulster Museum. [Ulster Museum publication, no. 276.]

  7. Smaldon, G., Holthuis, L.B. & Fransen, C.H.J.M., 1993. Coastal Shrimps and Prawns (Revised edn). Shrewsbury: Field Studies Council.

  8. WoRMS 2007. The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). http://www.marinespecies.org, 2008-10-31

Datasets

  1. NBN (National Biodiversity Network) Atlas. Available from: https://www.nbnatlas.org.

  2. OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System),  2026. Global map of species distribution using gridded data. Available from: Ocean Biogeographic Information System. www.iobis.org. Accessed: 2026-10-09

Citation

This review can be cited as:

Marshall, C.E. 2006. Crangon allmanni A shrimp. In Tyler-Walters H. and Hiscock K. Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Reviews, [on-line]. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. [cited 09-10-2026]. Available from: https://www.marlin.ac.uk/species/detail/2165

Last Updated: 21/06/2006