Crangon crangon, Common shrimp : fisheries
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Crangon crangon   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common shrimp

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Crangonidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; brackish; depth range 0 - 50 m (Ref. 434).  Subtropical, preferred 11°C (Ref. 107945); 74°N - 23°N, 16°W - 44°W

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 8.9 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 434)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in both marine and oligohaline waters (Ref. 95752). Also inhabits brackish lagoons (Ref. 2779). Found on fine sand or slightly muddy sand (Ref. 434); also over coarse sand (Ref. 96391). Juveniles are epifaunal on seagrass and bare sand flats (Ref. 106879). Mobile (Refs. 95752, 96470). Free-living (Ref. 3123). Able to occupy areas with high exposure and low salinity (Ref. 95730). Carnivorous (Refs. 95752, 96470). Feeds on small benthic organisms (small crustaceans, annelids and mollusks) and fishery discards (Ref. 434).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Fischer, W., G. Bianchi and W.B. Scott (eds.) 1981 Shrimps and prawns. 6: pag.var. In FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Eastern Central Atlantic (Fishing Area 34, 47; in part). Canada Funds-in-Trust. Ottawa, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, by arrangement with the Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations. 1-7: pag.var. (Ref. 434)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Fisheries: landings, species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Fisheries: species profile; publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 8.6 - 14, mean 10.5 (based on 410 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.09-0.11).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Moderate vulnerability (43 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): Moderate vulnerability (37 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.
Nutrients :  Calcium = 109 [35, 184] mg/100g; Iron = 1.59 [1.21, 1.97] mg/100g; Protein = 20.2 [19.2, 21.3] %; Omega3 = 0.285 [0.185, 0.386] g/100g; Selenium = 48.3 [-31.7, 128.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 1.79 [1.17, 2.40] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.

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