Praunus flexuosus
Praunus flexuosus (O. F. Müller, 1776)
Common Names
Chameleon shrimp (English)
Languages: English
Overview
Description
Color is yellow-brown, with black spots.
Description
Diagnostic Description
Differs from Praunus inermis by larger length of the scaphopodite.
Morphology
The side edges of the front of the carapace are sharp. Large eyes bulge out neyond the edge of the body. Scaphocerite of the antennae has a linear shape, its length exceeds its width by 8-9; the outer edge smooth. The telson contains a deep and narrow cut in the center; the edges carry up to 26 spines on each side, the edges of the cut carry numerous small spines and 2 large spines at the end. The fourth pair of pleopods in males has long exopodites.
Size
Up to 26 mm.
Ecology and Distribution
Distribution
Within Russian waters occurs in the western part of the Barents Sea.
Ecology
Littoral boreal species.


