Stenopus spinosus

Stenopus spinosus is a shrimp-like decapod crustacean belonging to the infraorder Stenopodidea.

Stenopus spinosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Family:	Stenopodidae
Genus:	Stenopus
Species:	S. spinosus
Binomial name
Stenopus spinosus Risso, 1827 [1]
Synonyms [2]
Byzenus scaber Rafinesque, 1814

Description

Stenopus spinosus can grow up to 8 centimetres (3.1 in) long, and is chiefly yellow, with white antennae and white tips to the chelae (claws). The uropods and telson have red tips.^[3]

Distribution

Stenopus spinosus is commonly found in shallow waters in the Mediterranean Sea, and at greater depths in adjacent parts of the Atlantic Ocean.^[3] It is frequently encountered on night dives in parts of its range.^[4] A record of S. spinosus from the Red Sea proved to be a different species, Engystenopus spinulatus.^[5]