Aristeus antennatus


Aristeus antennatus is a species of deep-water prawn, commonly known as red prawn or prawns from Palamós. The exact same crustacean is also fished in the Mediterranean Spanish towns of Dénia, Garrucha and Huelva.[1] It presents a very intense red color and it is valued for its fine, firm and tasty meat. It is fished with the technique of bottom trawling and in summer they are usually found more exemplaries and bigger.[2]

Aristeus antennatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Dendrobranchiata
Family: Aristeidae
Genus: Aristeus
Species:
A. antennatus
Binomial name
Aristeus antennatus
Risso, 1816
Synonyms
  • Penaeus antemarius Costes, 1890
  • Penaeus antennatus Risso, 1816
  • Sicyonia duvernoii Risso, 1844

History
Grilled Palamós prawn

The prawn traditionally has been fished off the Palamós coasts and in other Catalan coastal towns as by example Blanes, Arenys, Roses or of the coast of Tarragona. Towards 1950 fishermen come from the south of Catalonia and of the Valencian Country they introduced the technology of fish trawling in Palamós and some very important fishing-grounds of shrimp were discovered.[3] Since then it has gained importance in the Comfraria de Pescadors de Palamós (Fishing Confraternity), and nowadays it has achieved renown and recognition.[4]

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References
  1. "Gamba roja, la reina del mar y el marisco más valorado por la alta cocina". Expansión (in Spanish). 2019-11-27. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
  2. "Piràmide d'aliments de l'Empordà" (PDF) (in Catalan). Consell Comarcal del Baix Empordà. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  3. "Palamós Prawns". Official tourist office Baix Empordà. Consell Comarcal del Baix Empordà. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  4. "Palamós prawn". Gastroteca. Consorci de Comerç, Artesania i Moda de Catalunya Generalitat de Catalunya. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
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