(Montagu, 1804)

Description:
The first pereionite not visible from above, the second long. Only the first pereiopods bearing exopodites in either sex. Pereiopod 2 with the basis and ischium not distinctly separated.
Carapace with a longitudinal median carinae and a pair of lateral carinea continued to the end of pereionite 5 and visible on the first five pleonites, especially in the male. The endopod of the uropod has two segments, the distal much the shorter.
No free telson.

Size:
Up to 7 mm.

Habitat:
Generally inhabits rather coarser sand than Bodotria scorpioides.

Depth range:
Down to about 100 m depth, usually much less.

Distribution in the North Sea:
Southern and northern North Sea, Skagerrak.

World distribution:
NW Europe, from Norway to France, Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea, W Africa.

Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Crustacea
Class Malacostraca
Subclass Eumalacostraca
Superorder Peracarida
Order Cumacea
Family Bodotriidae
Genus Bodotria
Species scorpioides

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Bodotria scorpioides (Montagu, 1804)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Cancer (Astacus) scorpioides Montagu, 1804
Cuma edwardsii Goodsir, 1843

Jones, N.S., 1957a. Cumacea. Key to families and references. Fiches d'Identification du Zooplancton, 71 (1957). Conseil International pour l'Exploration de la Mer, Kopenhagen.

Jones, N.S., 1957b. Cumacea. Figures (covering sheets 71 and 73-76). Fiches d'Identification du Zooplancton, 72 (1957). Conseil International pour l'Exploration de la Mer, Kopenhagen.

Jones, N.S., 1957c. Cumacea. Family: Bodotriidae. Fiches d'Identification du Zooplancton, 73 (1957). Conseil International pour l'Exploration de la Mer, Kopenhagen.

Jones, N.S., 1976. British Cumaceans. Synopses of the British fauna (New Series), No. 7. The Linnean Society/Academic Press, London.

Sars, G.O., 1900. An account of the Crustacea of Norway. Vol. III. Cumacea. Bergen Museum, Bergen.

van der Baan, S.M. and L.B. Holthuis, 1972. Short note on the occurrence of Cumacea in the surface plankton collected at "Texel" lightship in the southern North Sea. Zoologische Bijdragen, 13: 71-73.

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