Pauline Walsh Jacobson, USA
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Stenopus scutellatus Rankin, 1898
This species inhabits reefs in pairs and cleans there "fish customers".
Stenopus spinosus has a yellow carapace and belly and long white antennae. The third pair of pereiopods (walking legs) is spiny and bears long claws and is much larger than the other pairs. They are red and white, while the other legs are yellow. The tip of the abdomen, uropods and telson are also marked orange-red and white.
Stenopus scutellatus is commonly found in shallow waters in the West Atlantic, Bermuda, the West Indies, the Gulf of Mexico, and south to northern Brazil at depths between 10 and 113 meters.
It is found in coral reefs, in caves and among clumps of coral, but also on rocks near meadows of turtle grass (Thalassia testudinum) and on boulders on the sea floor.
This species inhabits reefs in pairs and cleans there "fish customers".
Stenopus spinosus has a yellow carapace and belly and long white antennae. The third pair of pereiopods (walking legs) is spiny and bears long claws and is much larger than the other pairs. They are red and white, while the other legs are yellow. The tip of the abdomen, uropods and telson are also marked orange-red and white.
Stenopus scutellatus is commonly found in shallow waters in the West Atlantic, Bermuda, the West Indies, the Gulf of Mexico, and south to northern Brazil at depths between 10 and 113 meters.
It is found in coral reefs, in caves and among clumps of coral, but also on rocks near meadows of turtle grass (Thalassia testudinum) and on boulders on the sea floor.
