Heterocarpus ensifer

Heterocarpus ensifer
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Pandalidae
Genus: Heterocarpus
Species: H. ensifer
Binomial name
Heterocarpus ensifer
A. Milne-Edwards, 1881 [1]

Heterocarpus ensifer is a species of deep-water shrimp. The nominate subspecies is found in the Atlantic Ocean from Spain and Madeira to Angola and from North Carolina to the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; other subspecies occur in the Pacific Ocean and around the Philippines and Indonesia.[2] Despite being one of the most abundant shrimp in some areas,[3] its biology is still poorly known.[4] It is generally found at depths of 200–885 m (656–2,904 ft).[2]

Heterocarpus ensifer close-up and after "vomiting" or "spitting" bioluminescent fluid.

References

  1. ↑ "Heterocarpus ensifer A. Milne-Edwards, 1881". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved June 20, 2011.
  2. 1 2 Harriet Perry and Kirsten Larsen (April 6, 2004). "Heterocarpus ensifer ensifer A. Milne-Edwards, 1881". Guide to Shelf Invertebrates, Gulf of Mexico (PDF). Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission.
  3. ↑ Thomas A. Clarke (1972). "Collections and Submarine Observations of Deep Benthic Fishes and Decapod Crustacea in Hawaii1" (PDF). Pacific Science 26 (3): 310–317.
  4. ↑ Enrique Lozano-Álvarez, Patricia Briones-Fourzán, Adolfo Gracia & Ana Vázquez-Bader (2007). "Relative growth and size at first maturity of the deep water shrimp, Heterocarpus ensifer (Decapoda, Pandalidae) from the southern Gulf of Mexico". Crustaceana 80 (5): 555–568. doi:10.1163/156854007780765588.

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