Heterocarpus ensifer

Armed nylon shrimp
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Caridea
Family:
Pandalidae
Genus:
Heterocarpus
Species:
H. ensifer
Binomial name
Heterocarpus ensifer

Heterocarpus ensifer is a species of deep-water shrimp. The nominate subspecies is found in the Atlantic Ocean from Spain and Madeira to Angola and from North Carolina to the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; other subspecies occur in the Pacific Ocean and around the Philippines and Indonesia.[2] Despite being one of the most abundant shrimp in some areas,[3] its biology is still poorly known.[4] These deep water crustaceans are most copious between 300 and 400m. Their distribution demonstrates an ability to adapt well to distinct environments.[5] It is generally found at depths of 200–885 m (656–2,904 ft).[2]

Heterocarpus ensifer close-up and after "vomiting" or "spitting" bioluminescent fluid.
  1. ^ "Heterocarpus ensifer A. Milne-Edwards, 1881". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved June 20, 2011.
  2. ^ a b Harriet Perry; Kirsten Larsen (April 6, 2004). "Heterocarpus ensifer ensifer A. Milne-Edwards, 1881". Guide to Shelf Invertebrates, Gulf of Mexico (PDF). Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission.
  3. ^ Thomas A. Clarke (1972). "Collections and Submarine Observations of Deep Benthic Fishes and Decapod Crustacea in Hawaii1" (PDF). Pacific Science. 26 (3): 310–317.
  4. ^ Enrique Lozano-Álvarez; Patricia Briones-Fourzán; Adolfo Gracia; Ana Vázquez-Bader (2007). "Relative growth and size at first maturity of the deep water shrimp, Heterocarpus ensifer (Decapoda, Pandalidae) from the southern Gulf of Mexico". Crustaceana. 80 (5): 555–568. doi:10.1163/156854007780765588.
  5. ^ de Oliveira, Vanildo Souza (2011). "RELATIVE ABUNDANCE AND BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SHRIMP, Heterocarpus ensifer (CARIDEA: PANDALIDAE), CATCH ON EXTERNAL MARGIN OF THE CONTINENTAL SHELF AND SLOPE, OFF NORTHEAST BRAZIL". Boletim Do Instituto De Pesca. 37: 375–382 – via Science Citation Index.