Echinogammarus obtusatus (Dahl, 1938), (a sand shrimp)


21 Mar 2008 at OSGR: SW83 in East Cornwall, England

Record Summaryunder pebbles on rocky foreshore
Found asIn tandem
Date21 March 2008
OS grid refOSGR: SW83
Lat/Lon50° 10’ N, 4° 60’ W
Vice CountyEast Cornwall, VC no: 2
CountryEngland
Voucher21 Mar 2008[AR]
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Notes:

Antennule longer than antenna and with well-developed accessory flagellum.

Ant 1: pedicel 1=1mm. 2+3=1.53

Last 4 segments each with a transverse dorsal row of spines.

Gnathopods 1 and 2 of similar size,

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