feather star shrimp

Hippolyte prideauxiana

Classification

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Hippolytidae

The crinoid shrimp, or feather star shrimp Hippolyte catagrapha, is a species of shrimp in the family Hippolytidae Description Crinoid shrimps grow to up to 3 cm in total length. They are well camouflaged shrimps which live on a host crinoid, the elegant feather star, Tropiometra carinata. Distribution These animals are found off the South African coast in False Bay and have been seen from 10 to at least 30 m underwater.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United Kingdom · 2

Sources and credits

DescriptionCrinoid shrimp, Wikipedia contributors

feather star shrimp

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