Eualus cranchii

Eualus cranchii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Caridea
Family:	Thoridae
Genus:	Eualus
Species:	E. cranchii
Binomial name
Eualus cranchii Leach, 1817
Synonyms [1]
Cancer dorsioculatus Nardo, 1847 Hippolyte bunseni Neumann, 1878 Hippolyte cranchii Leach, 1817 Hippolyte crassicornis H. Milne Edwards, 1837 Hippolyte lovenii Rathke, 1843 Hippolyte mutila Krøyer, 1841 Hippolyte yarrellii Thompson, 1853 Palemon microramphos Risso, 1816 Spirontocaris cranchi (Leach, 1817) Thoralus cranchii (Leach, 1817) Vianellia dorsioculata Nardo, 1847

Eualus cranchii is a species of broken-backed shrimp in the family Thoridae. ^{[2] [3]}

Description

A prawn/shrimp of up to 12 mm (0.47 in) in length for males, and 22 mm (0.87 in) in length for females. ^{[4] [5]}

It can be distinguished from other Eualus by:

• the carpus of the second pereiopod is in six segments
• the mandibular palp is absent
• There are epipods on the first two pereiopods ^[6]

Habitat

Eualus cranchii is found in shallow waters throughout the Atlantic and Mediterranean. ^{[7] [8]}

References

1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Eualus cranchii (Leach, 1817)". www.marinespecies.org.
2. "Eualus cranchii (Leach, 1817)". www.gbif.org.
3. "(PDF) Potential crypticity within two decapod (Crustacea) genera: Galathea Fabricius, 1793 and Eualus Thallwitz, 1891 suggested by integrative taxonomic approach".
4. "European sting winkle". An Bollenessor. September 18, 2015.
5. "Eualus cranchii | DORIS". doris.ffessm.fr.
6. Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe. (1995:414). Japan: OUP Oxford.
7. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Eualus cranchii (Leach, 1817)". www.marinespecies.org.
8. "Eualus cranchii | NBN Atlas". species.nbnatlas.org.