Sakura shrimp
| Sakura shrimp | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Dendrobranchiata |
| Family: | Sergestidae |
| Genus: | Sergia |
| Species: | S. lucens |
| Binomial name | |
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Sergia lucens (Hansen, 1922) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Boiled Sakura shrimp
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| Nutritional value per 100g | |
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| Energy | 1,305 kJ (312 kcal) |
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0.1 g
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| Dietary fibre | 0 g |
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4.0 g
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| Saturated | 0.59 g |
| Monounsaturated | 0.63 g |
| Polyunsaturated | 0.75 g |
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64.9 g
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| Vitamins | |
| Vitamin A equiv. |
(0%)
0 μg
(0%)
0 μg |
| Thiamine (B1) |
(15%)
0.17 mg |
| Riboflavin (B2) |
(13%)
0.15 mg |
| Niacin (B3) |
(37%)
5.5 mg |
| Pantothenic acid (B5) |
(23%)
1.16 mg |
| Folate (B9) |
(58%)
230 μg |
| Vitamin B12 |
(458%)
11.0 μg |
| Vitamin C |
(0%)
0 mg |
| Vitamin D |
(0%)
(0) μg |
| Vitamin E |
(49%)
7.3 mg |
| Vitamin K |
(0%)
(0) μg |
| Minerals | |
| Calcium |
(200%)
2000 mg |
| Copper |
(167%)
3.34 mg |
| Iron |
(25%)
3.2 mg |
| Magnesium |
(87%)
310 mg |
| Phosphorus |
(171%)
1200 mg |
| Potassium |
(26%)
1200 mg |
| Sodium |
(80%)
1200 mg |
| Zinc |
(52%)
4.9 mg |
| Other constituents | |
| Water | 19.4 g |
| Colesterol | 700 mg |
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| Percentages are roughly approximated using US recommendations for adults. Source: USDA Nutrient Database |
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Lucensosergia lucens is a species of shrimp popularly known as the sakura shrimp or sakura ebi. The translucent pink shrimp derives its name from sakura, the Japanese word for the cherry blossom. The species grows to about 4–5 cm and lives primarily in Suruga Bay in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, where it is caught to be eaten. It is also caught in Taiwan.
The species name of the sakura shrimp has not been settled. The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature uses the designation Sergia kishinouyei that Nakazawa and Terao gave it in 1915. Researchers tend to use the Sergia lucens, which Danish zoologist Hans Jacob Hansen gave it in 1922, especially since Isabella Gordon published a detailed account of the species in On New Or Imperfectly Known Species of Crustacea Macrura in 1935 using Hansen's designation. Hansen's designation comes from the genus Sergia and the Latin lucentis ("lighting"), likely referring to the sakura shrimp's phosphorescent photophores, though the sakura shrimp has not been observed to emit light.
The Japanese name sakura ebi (桜海老) translates as "cherry blossom shrimp"; it is so name because of the pink colour of the dried shrimp.
Members of Sergestes normally emit light, but the sakura shrimp has never been observed to do so, despite having photophores.
Sakura shrimp live in coastal areas, primarily in Suruga Bay in Shizuoka Prefecture, where they form in dense aggregations. Suruga measures about 60 km long and 54 km at its greatest width; at a depth of 2400 m, and with almost no continental shelf, it is the deepest and steepest of Japan's bays. Sakura shrimp are also found in nearby Sagami and Tokyo Bays, but are not caught there as the populations are too sparse, perhaps because of insufficient depths of the bays. In Taiwan the sakura shrimp is found in the coastal waters of Donggang and on the east coast. Findings have also been recorded in Borneo and New Guinea.
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