• Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Crustacea
  • Class: Malacostraca
  • Subclass: Eumalacostraca
  • Superorder: Peracarida
  • Order: Amphipoda
  • Suborder: Corophiidea
  • Family: Caprellidae
  • Scientific name: Pseudoprotella phasma
  • Norwegian: -

Characteristics:

It can grow to a length of 25 mm. In the back of the head there is a large spine. The first body segment has one spine, the second segment has three. The following segments have a variable number of tubercles. Under the third and fourth segment there are small gills.

Habitat:

This skeleton shrimp is usual sublittoral and most frequent on large hydroids.

Distribution:

It is common in along the coasts of Norway, the North Sea and the British Isles.