Dark Shrimp

Western Atlantic: West Indies from the Greater Antilles south; Atlantic coast of Central and South America from Honduras to Brazil (Rio de Janeiro State).

Maximum total length 152 (Male) mm 205 (Female) mm maximum carapace length 36 mm (Male) 55 mm (Female).

Bottom mud, and mud with sand or shells. Adults are marine, juveniles usually estuarine and marine, sometimes hypersaline. Bathymetry: from 1 to 190 m.

The species is fished throughout its range, often forming part of catches of other shrimps. The young are often caught in estuarine waters of northern South America, adults are fished for in Venezuela and Brazil.