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Updated 1/16/2014
Family Pandalidae
CIRCUMTROPICAL
Heterocarpus
laevigatus
SMOOTH NYLON SHRIMP
Locally common at depths from 1200
to 3000 feet where it is trawled or trapped. Pale vertical mark on
central carapace, upper forward portion
of rostrum smooth, legs mostly red except 5th pair, abdominal segments
lacking spines. This species feeds close to the seafloor and occurs
deeper than the smaller
Heterocarpus ensifer upon which it may feed. Attains
carapace length of at least 2 inches. Circumtropical.
http://www.crustacea.org.br/artigos/835_25_art03__rego,_cardoso.pdf |
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