Depth range Hyperbenthic species, may swim up at night, mostly confined to the nepheloid layer.
Distribution in the North Sea Northern North Sea, Skagerrak.
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea Class Malacostraca Subclass Eumalacostraca Superorder Eucarida Order Decapoda Suborder Pleocyemata Infraorder Caridea Superfamily Alpheoidea Family Hippolytidae Genus Spirontocaris Species Spirontocaris phippsii
