Lenght: Approx. 3mm. Pereonite 2 with median dorsal projection, smooth otherwise. Antenna 1 approximately half body-length, weakly setose; antenna 2 as long as antenna 1 peduncle, flagellum 2- segmented and shorter than segment 2 of peduncle, both weakly setose. Gnathopod 1 small, propodus triangular setose and with 2 proximal grasping spines. Gnathopod 2 attached to triangular projection on anterior of pereonite 2; propodus with proximal projection bearing 2 grasping spines, palm slightly convex, strongly setose. Pereopods 3 + 4 rudimentary, two-segmented. Pereopod 5 being long, soft and flexible, segments 4 + 5 hairy posteriorly.
Australia; Singapore; Malaysia; 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
3-55m