Eualus cranchii
| Eualus cranchii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Thoridae |
| Genus: | Eualus |
| Species: | E. cranchii |
| Binomial name | |
| Eualus cranchii Leach, 1817 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Eualus cranchii is a species of broken-backed shrimp in the family Thoridae.[2][3]
Description
A prawn/shrimp of up to 12 mm (0.47 in) in length for males, and 22 mm (0.87 in) in length for females.[4][5]
It can be distinguished from other Eualus by:
- the carpus of the second pereiopod is in six segments
- the mandibular palp is absent
- There are epipods on the first two pereiopods[6]
Habitat
Eualus cranchii is found in shallow waters throughout the Atlantic and Mediterranean.[7][8]
References
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Eualus cranchii (Leach, 1817)". www.marinespecies.org.
- ^ "Eualus cranchii (Leach, 1817)". www.gbif.org.
- ^ "Potential crypticity within two decapod (Crustacea) genera: Galathea Fabricius, 1793 and Eualus Thallwitz, 1891 suggested by integrative taxonomic approach".
- ^ "European sting winkle". An Bollenessor. September 18, 2015.
- ^ "Eualus cranchii | DORIS". doris.ffessm.fr.
- ^ Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe. (1995:414). Japan: OUP Oxford.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Eualus cranchii (Leach, 1817)". www.marinespecies.org.
- ^ "Eualus cranchii | NBN Atlas". species.nbnatlas.org.