Sars, 1869
Description
Pseudorostrum of female short, without an antennal notch below. The anteroventral and front edges of the carapace not acutely serrated but cut into square-topped divisions; the latter, however, are not easily seen. Eyelobe minute. Pereionites 1 and 2 of adult female produced forwards as in Leptostylis ampullacea but body more densely hairy. Male carapace not hairy, with a machicolated ventrolateral keel on either side; the flagellum of antenna 2 is shorter than the body. Telson shorter than pleonite 6 with one pair of lateral spinules. Pereiopod 1 elongate, with basis not much more than half as long as rest of appendage. Pereiopod 2 with dactyl much more than twice as long as propodus and distinctly longer than carpus. Peduncle of uropods more than twice as long as telson, excluding its end spines; endopod with proximal segment not nearly equal to second and third combined.
Size
Length up to 6 mm.
Ecology
[No information].
Depth range
Depths from about 10 to 900 m.
Distribution in the North Sea
Northernm North Sea, Skagerrak.
World distribution
Round the British Isles this species has been collected in the North Sea, the Irish Sea and the Firth of Clyde. From there it occurs northwards to N Norway and possibly into the Arctic Ocean, off Iceland and also in the NW Pacific Ocean.
[After Jones, 1976]