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Iman Alkharusi

  • Biodiversity Journal, 12 (4): 0799-0803

    Iman Alkharusi & Khalfan Alrashdi
    First record of sergestid shrimp, Challengerosergia umitakae (Hashizume et Omori, 1995) (Decapoda Sergestidae) collected from the Arabian Sea of Oman
    https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2021.12.4.799.803

    ABSTRACT
    Sergestid shrimps (Decapoda Sergestidae) are considered to be a bentho-pelagic shrimps. They basically feed on macrofauna and appear as an essential component of the deep-sea ecosystem. Such species are usually distributed in the deep sea. We report about a sergestid shrimp of the genus Challengerosergia Vereshchaka, Olesen et Lunina, 2014, C. umitakae (Hashizume et Omori, 1995) collected for the first time from the Arabian Sea of Oman. Challengerosergia umitakae has been identified based on male clasping organ, petasma, and photophores. Also, we provide a detail description of other distinctive body parts (e.g., carapace, scaphocerite and europods) of the recorded C. umitakae.