Biology:Stereomastis sculpta

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Short description: Species of crustacean

Stereomastis sculpta
Polycheles sculptus.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Polychelidae
Genus: Stereomastis
Species:
S. sculpta
Binomial name
Stereomastis sculpta
(S. I. Smith, 1880) [2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Polycheles sculptus Smith, 1880
  • Pentacheles spinosus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
  • Pentacheles sculptus Smith, 1882

Stereomastis sculpta is a species of "strange, blind crustacean" resembling a prawn or a squat lobster.[3] It has a cosmopolitan distribution in deep water, being found on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, in the Mediterranean Sea, and across much of the Indo-West Pacific,[4] at depths of 200–4,000 metres (660–13,120 ft).[3]

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References

Wikidata ☰ Q3933108 entry