OSL-Marine Species Identification Guide for the St. Lawrence

Marine Species
of the St. Lawrence

Invertebrates • Species

Acanthephyra sp.

Oplophoridid - Oplophoridé

Characteristics:

• colour scarlet red

• abdominal spine present

• rostrum with spines dorsally and ventrally

• no lateral carina (crests) on the cephalothorax

May be mistaken for: Sergia robusta

Family:
Oplophoridae

Type of measure:
Cephalothorax mm

Maximum size:
not available

territory covered territory not covered

territory not covered