(Krøyer, 1844)

Description:
Carapace with antennal spine. Rostrum broad, half the length of the antennular peduncle (a1); 2-5 dorsal teeth, tip of rostrum bi- or tridentate (rarely a single point).
Antennal scale with slightly concave outer margin, 1.3 times the length of the antennal peduncle; the spine exceeds the lammelar portion or is equal in length.
Maxillipede 3 up to 1.25 times the length of the antennal scale.
Pereiopods 1-3 with epipods.
Telson usually with four or five pairs of lateral spines.

Colour:
Variable, green, red-brown, pink, speckled.

Size
Length up to 28 mm.

Habitat:
Down to about 500 metres. Hyperbenthic species, may swim up at night, mostly confined to the nepheloid layer.

Distribution in the North Sea:
Northwestern North Sea, including Skagerrak and Kattegat.

World distribution:
N Atlantic Ocean.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Crustacea
Subclass Malacostraca
Superorder Eucarida
Order Decapoda
Suborder Dendrobranchiata
Infraorder Caridea
Family Hippolytidae
Genus Eualus
Species pusiolus

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Eualus pusiolus (Krøyer, 1841)

Sorry, there are no scientific synonyms and common names available for this species

Smaldon, G., 1979. British Coastal Shrimps and Prawns. Synopses of the British Fauna (N.S.)., 15.

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