Image of Neognathophausia ingens (Dohrn 1870)

Description:

These juvenile individuals were captured in San Clemente Basin at about 700-800 m depth. Photo by Dave Cowles, May 1996 Note the two spines at the end of the telson which form a crescent-shaped structure characteristic of Gnathophausia and Neognathophausia Notice also that the rostrum in this juvenile is longer in proportion to the animal's total length than is the rostrum of the adult female below, but that it is shorter than that of Neognathophausia gigas.