Distinguishing Characteristics |
Body elongate, narrow, somewhat lobster-like (abdomen slightly compressed dorsoventrally); color orangish brown; rostrum small, pointed, not reaching past eye; 2nd abdominal segment overlaps 1st segment; 1st pair walking legs thick, long and narrow, chelae (claws) over 1/2 length of leg, major chela laterally compressed with blunt movable finger at tip, finger about 1/3 the length of the claw; minor claw with elongate, narrow movable finger, finger over 1/2 length of claw; both claws with setae (hairs); 2nd walking legs ends in small chela; carpus (segment next to chelae) of 2nd walking leg divided into small segments; telson (hard middle part of tail fan) longer than wide. |
Similar Species |
The sand snapping shrimp is distinguished by its narrow but long major claw and extremely long fingers on the minor claw (longer than the palm). |
Habitat |
Gulf and bay, muddy to sandy bottoms |
Maximum Size |
5 cm (2 in) |
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