(Lilljeborg, 1855)
Description
Carapace large and inflated, dorsal edge arched in the female, less so in the male, smooth, without antennal notch or anterolateral angle. Pereionites 1 and 2 raised dorsally to form forward curving ridges, each with a median point. Eye distinct, fairly prominent. Maxilliped 2 with four strong spines on the dactyl. Pereiopod 2 with the dactyl slender, longer than the carpus and propodus combined.
No free telson.
Colour
Mainly red (in life animals).
Size
Length up to 6 mm.
Ecology
Shelf and slope, on muddy sand.
Depth range
Down from 10 to 2200 m.
Distribution in the North Sea
Southern and northern North Sea, Skagerrak.
World distribution
Arctic Boreal; Irish Sea and northwards on both sides of the North Atlantic, extending into the Arctic, as well as in the north-western Pacific.
[After Jones, 1976]