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Another photo of a gravid female. Photo by Dave Cowles in San Clemente Basin, CA, 1996. Caught at 1000-1500 m depth.
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A closeup of the same individual as above. Notice the amber eye, which has very little pigment, and the thin, filmy exoskeleton through which the animal's yellowish muscles can be seen.
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This gravid female was captured in San Clemente Basin, CA in May 1966. Frame from a video by Dave Cowles. Click Here to see the video
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Hymenodora gracilis from 2000-2500 m depth 100 mi off Pt Conception, CA. Total length about 5-6 cm. (Photo by: Dave Cowles, 1993)
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This side view of a preserved specimen shows the rostrum which extends well beyond the corneas of the eyes and even exceeds the peduncle of the first antenna. Note also the pereopods. Oplophorids, unlike most other families of true shrimp, has exopods (exopodites) on its pereopods. The exopodites of the pereopods are short, curved backward and used for swimming. The endopodites of the pereopods are longer, extended forward, and used for manipulating objects. The eye pigment in Hymenodora is always pale, even in living specimens.
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Another photo of this species. Dave Cowles, 1995. Caught off southern CA. Click Here for a mpg video of this shrimp and a description, taken by me on shipboard in 1996 off Point Conception, CA (9 megabytes)
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In this closeup dorsal view of the head, the median tubercles on the eyestalks near the corneas can be seen. From a presereved specimen.
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This species is widespread. Below is a photo of the same species caught off Oahu, Hawaii. Acanthephyra curtirostris from midwater off Oahu, Hawaii. Photo by Dave Cowles, July 1987
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This is a closeup dorsal view of the telson and uropods. The uropods are shorter than the telson and fringed with long setae. The telson is truncate (not rounded) on the end, with two long spines at the corners (one of which is broken off on this individual). Photo of a preserved individual.
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Acanthephyra curtirostris, caught at about 500 m depth off Point Conception, CA (Photo by: Dave Cowles, May 1996)
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A female Hymenodora frontalis carrying eggs. Caught 1000-1500 m depth off Pt. Conception, CA. Note the yellowish eye, almost devoid of black pigment, and the large egg size. (Photo by: Dave Cowles, May 1995)
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