Image of Sitka coastal shrimp
Description:
The ventral margin of abdominalpleuron 4 (middle-right) of this species has a spine. Abdominalpleuron 5 (middle-left) has a similar spine. The third abdominal segment (top right) of hippolytid shrimp is usually bent, leading to the family name of "broken-back shrimp".
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- Heptacarpus sitchensis (Sitka coastal shrimp)
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