AN UNCOMMON DEEP-SEA SHRIMP EUGONATONOTUS CRASSUS (A. MILNE EDWARDS, 1881) (CRUSTACEA: DECAPOD A: EUGONATONOTIDAE) FROM TAIWAN

Abstract

The sole species of eugonatonotid shrimp is reported for the first time from Taiwanese waters. Eugonatonotus crassus (A. Milne Edwards, 1881) is an uncommon deep-sea species (150-350 m depth) which is occasionally found within the catch of "bady” shrimp trawlers from the north-eastern and south-western coasts. This report briefly describes this species with color illustration. The morphological differences at ventral abdomen between the sexes is also discussed.