Campylonotus vagans, Antartica Chilena, Chile, Photo: Graham Edgar
Campylonotus vagans, Antartica Chilena, Chile, Photo: Graham Edgar
Distribution
Polar - southern, Temperate South America
Description
A medium sized, colourful shrimp, with an orange back covered in blue spots and lines, legs and claws banded with blue and yellow. Possesses two sets of claws, a large primary set, and a smaller more delicate set closer to the mouth, and a large up-swept rostrum.
Information
Sea Temperature Range: 1.7-11.2°C
Depth: 0-506m
Habitat: Coral Reef, Rocky Reef, Soft sediment
Rarity
IUCN Threat Status: Not Evaluated
Occurrence: Widespread (62% of sites)
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution.
It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Several (6 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
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