A new species of caridean shrimp of the family Stylodactylidae from the eastern Pacific Ocean

Four specimens of shrimp of the family Stylodactylidae were collected at two stations off Baja California, Mexico, and California, U.S.A. These are the first specimens of the family reported from the eastern Pacific. The shrimp are described as a new species, Bathystylodactylus echinus. The species can be recognized by the following features: rostrum straight, much longer than the carapace, bearing at least 23-27 dorsal and 18-25 ventral spines; eye small and without pigment, stylocerite slender and not reaching middle of first segment of antennular peduncle, carapace without prominent posterior dorsal hump, body set with minute spinules, posterior pereopods considerably longer than anterior two pair, slender and lacking fringe of setae.

A new species of caridean shrimp of the family Stylodactylidae from the eastern Pacific Ocean Academic Article