Relevant Synonyms - Misidentification -  drawing : Tuvia Kurz

SHORT DESCRIPTION Rostrum extending beyond eyes, tip bifid. Carapace lacking post-orbital fissure. Antennal spine present. Fifth and sixth abdominal segments bearing small spine on postero-ventral margin. Second pair of walking legs chelate, markedly unequal: right leg with 12-18 meral segments and 36-43 carpal segments; left leg with merus obscurely divided into five segments, 15-19 carpal segments. Dactyls of three posterior pairs of walking legs nearly half as long as propodi. color : unrecorded. common size : TL 4.7 cm (max.). DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS Second pair of walking legs asymmetrical: right leg with 36-43 carpal segments; left leg with 15-19 carpal segments. Dactyls of three posterior pairs of walking legs nearly half as long as propodi. BIOLOGY / ECOLOGY Probably nocturnal, like most other members of the family. habitat : benthic, on sandy bottoms, 28-33 m.

1st MEDITERRANEAN RECORD Alboran Sea, 1985. DISTRIBUTION Worldwide : West African origin, Rio del Oro. Mediterranean : a single record from the Alboran Sea, Spain (García Raso and Salas Casanova, 1985). ESTABLISHMENT SUCCESS Known from a single record. speculated reasons for success : - MODE OF INTRODUCTION Via the Strait of Gibraltar. IMPORTANCE TO HUMANS None.

KEY REFERENCES Garcia-Raso J.E. and M. C. Salas Casanova, 1985. New record of the species Processa macrodactyla Holthuis, 1952 (Decapoda, Caridea) from Spanish waters. Crustaceana, 49(1): 88-91. Holthuis L.B., 1952. Crustacés, Décapodes, Macrures. Résultats scientifiques. Expédition océanographique belge dans les eaux côtières Africaines de l'Atlantique Sud (1948-1949). Résultats scientifiques, 3(2): 1-88. FEEDBACK / COMMENTS TO AUTHORS

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