Shiraebi (white shrimp) - Pasiphaea japonica

Japanese: シラエビ(白蝦) - シラエビ（英語表記）Pasiphaea japonica

A shrimp of the Ophiopogonidae family, about 8 cm long, is dried or dyed with food coloring and dried as a substitute for sakura shrimp (illustration). It is colorless and transparent when alive, but turns milky white when dead, which is why it is also called bekkoebi. The eggs are a beautiful blue-green color. The body is extremely flattened from side to side. The cephalothorax is short, not reaching 1/3 of the body length. The rostrum is small and vestigial, being merely a spine pointing slightly upwards. The first and second thoracic legs are large, both with pincers, and the inner edges of the long segments are lined with numerous spines in a serrated pattern.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

体長8cmほどの甲殻綱オキエビ科のエビで，素干し，あるいは食紅で染めて乾燥し，サクラエビの代用とされる（イラスト）。生きているときは無色透明であるが，死ぬと乳白色となるためベッコウエビとも呼ばれる。卵は美しい青緑色。体は左右に著しく平たい。頭胸部は短く，体長の1/3に達しない。額角は痕跡的で小さく，やや上方を向く単なるとげにすぎない。第1,2胸脚は大きく，ともにはさみをもち，また，長節の内縁に多数のとげが鋸歯状に並んでいる。

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