Sars, 1870

Description
Carapace well arched dorsally in female, dorsal outline with slight undulations, lateral faces with a fairly deep excavation between two carinae which extend obliquely from near the mid-line in the hinder part of the carapace to the base of the pseudorostrum.
The eye is fairly prominent, with lenses. The antennal notch is faintly indicated but there is no anterolateral angle.
The first two pereionites are elevated dorsally. Dactyl of maxilliped 2 with four spines. Dactyl of pereiopod 2 only slightly tapered and longer than the carpus and propodus combined.
No free telson.

Size
Length up to 5 mm.

Ecology
Deeper shelf and slope.

Depth range
Down from about 130 to 650 m.

Distribution in the North Sea
Northern North Sea, Skagerrak.

World distribution
A Mediterranean-Boreal species. Recorded from the west coast of Ireland and from Norway to the Mediterranean.

[After Jones, 1976]

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

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Campylaspis sulcata Sars, 1870

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.

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.

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