(Sars, 1865)

Description
Carapace with dorsal outline arched in the female, less so in the male, sides sculptured with three pairs of oblique folds, the hindermost bifurcating so that a fourth fold nearly reaches the hind margin and then turns forward to rejoin the third near the mid-line. Eye distinct, with lenses.
Pereionites 1 and 2 produced dorsally, each with a median point. Pereionite 5 and pleonites 1-4 each with a pair of dorsolateral tubercles. Dactyl of pereiopod 2 not longer than the carpus and propodus combined.
No free telson.

Colour
In life reddish-brown.

Size
Length up to 6.5 mm.

Ecology
Boreal, found on muddy sand and mud.

Depth range
Down from 40 to 500 m (once from 1500 m in North-West Atlantic).

Distribution in the North Sea
Northern North Sea, Skagerrak.

World distribution
An Arctic-Boreal species mainly from the upper shelf, recorded from the North Sea northwards to the Arctic and from the north-western Pacific.

[After Jones, 1976]

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Crustacea
Class Malacostraca
Subclass Eumalacostraca
Superorder Peracarida
Order Cumacea
Family Nannastacidae
Genus Campylaspis
Species Campylaspis costata

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Campylaspis costata (Sars, 1865)

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

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., 1957e. Cumacea. Families: Nannastacidae, Lamprpidae, Pseudocumidae. Fiches d'Identification du Zooplancton, 75 (1957). Conseil International pour l'Exploration de la Mer, Kopenhagen.

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

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