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Cerataspis monstrosus Gray, 1828 Gamba prawns |
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photo by
Yap, Michael |
| Family: | Aristeidae (gamba prawns) | |||
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| Environment: | benthic; marine; depth range 495 - 5060 m | |||
| Distribution: | Worldwide. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Large; handsomely colored (brilliant deep scarlet); elongate sabre-like rostrum, large cephalothorax with conspicuous grooves and ridges, strong posterodorsal spines on the middorsal margins of abdominal somites 3-5 are all quite distinctive; hepatic spine absent; presence of podobranch on pereopod 3 and a large epipod on pereopod 4. | |||
| Biology: | Minimum depth from Ref. 96667. Abyssal; benthic detritivore (Ref. 334). An active, necrophagous scavenger (Ref. 97347). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251) | |||
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