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Aristeus virilis

(Stout Red Shrimp)

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Stout Red Shrimp

Common Names in French:

Gambon Gaillard

Description

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Habitat

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -3,559 meters (0 to -11,677 feet).[1]

Biome: Marine .

Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Aristaeus tomentosus Bate • Hemipenaeus virilis Bate

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 25-Mar-2003

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Aristeus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 8 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. alcocki (Arabian Red Shrimp) · A. antennatus (Blue and Red Shrimp) · A. antillensis (Purplehead Gamba Prawn) · A. fluviatilis (Crimson-Spotted Rainbowfish) · A. goldiei (Goldie River Rainbowfish) · A. semidentatus (Smooth Red Shrimp) · A. varidens (Striped Red Shrimp) · A. virilis (Stout Red Shrimp)

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:

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Footnotes

  1. Mean = -559.300 meters (-1,834.974 feet), Standard Deviation = 658.420 based on 125 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 7/20/2012