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The northern (or pink) shrimp is pale scarlet, has a pair of large compound eyes and attains total lengths of 15 to 16 cm. The shell covering the head and thorax is modified into a long, curved, satire-like structure called a rostrum. Appendages on the tail (abdomen), called pleopods, act like paddles and enable the Northern Shrimp to move with remarkable agility, both horizontally and vertically, over considerable distances.
