Length: 23mm. Pereonites 1-7 with many minute tubercles on all surfaces. Head with short blunt projections over eye; pereonites 3 + 4 with short projection anterior to gill insertion; pereonite 5 with 3 pairs of dorsal projections; pereonites 6 + 7 each with single pair of dorsal projections. Antenna 1 a little longer than ½ body length, setose; antenna 2 a little shorter than antenna 1 peduncle. Gnathopod 2 attached to posterior of pereonite 2; propodus proximal grasping spine and accessory spine, distal ‘tooth’ and triangular projection (separated by groove), palm setose. Gills elongate.
Japan
Caprellid, “Ghost” or “Skeleton” shrimps, so called for their skeletal appearance. Amphipod crustaceans, easily distinguished by the elongate stick-like body form and reduction of the abdominal appendages. Head is generally fused with pereonite 1. Pereopods on first 2 segments (pereonites) are most flexible and called gnathopods; gnathopods 2 being the largest, used in defense, feeding and substrate attachment. In many species pereopods 3 and 4 may also be reduced or absent. Gills on pereonites 3 + 4, rarely on pereonite 2. Pereopods 5 - 7 much smaller than 1 + 2, used for clinging to the substratum. In females, brood plates (öostegites) develop on pereonites 3 + 4. Much remains to be learnt about their biology, ecology and in many cases changing distributions.
91m, 16°C
Caprella cilluroantennata is een vlokreeftensoort uit de familie van de Caprellidae.[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1934 door Arimoto.
Bronnen, noten en/of referenties
Caprella cilluroantennata er en art i slekten Caprella innenfor spøkelseskreps-familien (orden Caprelloidea eller «spøkelsestanglopper») - en type tanglopper. Larvene er planktoniske. De er relativt små, med to store ot to små antenner. De lever bare i havet (saltvann), og er utbredt i farvannene ved Japan.
Arten kan bli 23 mm lang, og lever ned til 90 meters dyp.
Slektens systematikk er i nyere tid beskrevet og oppdatert i 2003.[1] Artens moderne tilhørighet i Caprella-krepsenes systematikk gis nedenfor i lys av 2013-revisjonen med basis i WoRMS-databasen. [2]
Caprella cilluroantennata er en art i slekten Caprella innenfor spøkelseskreps-familien (orden Caprelloidea eller «spøkelsestanglopper») - en type tanglopper. Larvene er planktoniske. De er relativt små, med to store ot to små antenner. De lever bare i havet (saltvann), og er utbredt i farvannene ved Japan.
Arten kan bli 23 mm lang, og lever ned til 90 meters dyp.
