Akaebi (English spelling) whiskered velvet shrimp

Japanese: アカエビ - あかえび(英語表記)whiskered velvet shrimp
Akaebi (English spelling) whiskered velvet shrimp

This edible shrimp belongs to the family Penaeidae, order Decapoda, class Crustacea, phylum Arthropoda. It is found from the Boso Peninsula to Kyushu, the South China Sea, Indonesian waters, and the east coast of Australia, and lives on sandy and muddy bottoms at depths of 5 to 30 meters in inland bays. It grows to about 10 centimeters in length, with a thick carapace with irregular depressions and dense short hairs. Its rostrum is straight and has 6 to 7 teeth on the upper edge. Along the rear edge of the cephalothorax is a sound organ with 18 to 25 small granules lined up. The peak spawning season is from July to August, and the hatched juvenile shrimp grow rapidly in June to July of the following year and die after spawning. It is not a luxury item, but is used as peeled shrimp. The closely related tiger shrimp M. acclivis is also caught as bycatch, but it can be distinguished by its redder spots than the red shrimp.

[Masamichi Takeda]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

節足動物門甲殻綱十脚(じっきゃく)目クルマエビ科に属する食用エビ。房総半島から九州、南シナ海、インドネシア海域、オーストラリア東岸にかけて分布し、内湾の水深5~30メートルの砂泥底にすむ。体長10センチメートルほどになり、甲は厚く、不規則なくぼみがあって短毛が密生している。額角(がっかく)はまっすぐで、上縁に6~7歯ある。頭胸甲の後側縁に沿って18~25個の小顆粒(しょうかりゅう)が並んだ発音器がある。産卵の盛期は7~8月で、孵化(ふか)した稚エビは翌年の6~7月に急に成長し、産卵後に死ぬ。高級品ではないが、むきえびなどにして利用される。近縁種のトラエビM. acclivisも混獲されるが、斑紋(はんもん)はむしろアカエビより赤いので識別できる。

[武田正倫]

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