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Gnathophausia zoea
Семенов Александр (Alexander Semenov), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Gnathophausia zoea

Names

English—
Dutch—
SpanishCamarón de profundidades
Chinese溞状颚糠虾
Scientific nameGnathophausia zoea Willemoes-Suhm, 1873

About this species

Gnathophausia zoea is a species of lophogastrid crustacean. It is widely distributed in the Atlantic Ocean from the Arctic Circle to the Equator; in the Pacific Ocean, it is more restricted to tropical areas. The adults may reach 40–50 millimetres (1.6–2.0 in) long, excluding the rostrum, or around 70 mm (2.8 in) including the rostrum.

This species has also been known as: Gnathophausia cristata Illig, 1906 (synonym); Gnathophausia sarsii Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 (synonym) and Gnathophausia willemoesii G.O. Sars, 1883 (synonym).

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassMalacostraca
OrderLophogastrida
FamilyGnathophausiidae
GenusGnathophausia