| Solenoceridae (solenocerid shrimps) |
| 11.2 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
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benthic; marine; depth range 3 - 871 m |
| Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean: from Ireland to Senegal, including the Azores and Canary Islands, and the entire Mediterranean. Temperate to tropical. |
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| Known from pelagic depths between 100 to 200 m (Ref. 92299). Occurs on muddy and sandy bottoms on the shelf and upper slope. Buries in the mud during the day and emerges at night (Ref. 80202). Feeds on benthic invertebrates living on soft bottom substrates like polychaetes, bivalves, gastropods and echinoderms (Ref. 106588). |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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Known from the Gulf of Genoa at depths 150 to 400 m (Ref. 284), and from Santa Maria di Leuca (Ref. 101174). C: Refs. 105707, 101174; M: Ref. 2845. |
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