Calliapagurops charcoti

Calliapagurops charcoti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Callianassidae
Genus: Calliapagurops
Species: C. charcoti
Binomial name
Calliapagurops charcoti
de Saint Laurent, 1973 [1]

Calliapagurops charcoti is a species of mud shrimp from Macaronesia. It is the only mud shrimp known from Madeira, and is the only species of mud shrimp thought to be a filter feeder.

Description

Calliapagurops charcoti has a total length of around 77 millimetres (3.0 in), and a carapace length of 15–18 millimetres (0.6–0.7 in).[2] Its body is white, sometimes with bands of reddish brown.[2] The flagella of the antennae bear long setae (hairs). The animal spreads these like a fan, from the entrance to its burrow, and probably uses them for filter feeding.[2] No other mud shrimp is known to be a filter feeder in this way.[2]

History and distribution

Calliapagurops charcoti was first found in 1973 off the coast of Flores in the Azores at a depth of 190–230 metres (620–750 ft). In 2010, it was found off the island of Madeira, at a depth of 20 m (66 ft), making it the only mud shrimp yet known from Madeira.[2] This is one of the largest depth ranges of any mud shrimp.[2] The only other species in the genus, C. foresti, was described from the Philippines in 2002.[2]

References

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