More shrimp from the Sea of Okhotsk

Photos by Andrey Gontchar of the Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO)

Family Hippolytidae:

Lebbeus longidactylus
Lebbeus longidactylus

Lebbeus longidactylus dorsal view
The two photos above of Lebbeus longidactylus are by Andrey Gontchar.  The individual is a mature female from 236 m depth near shore off southwestern Kamchatka in the Sea of Okhotsk.


Spirontocaris spina intermedia

Spirontocaris spina intermedia
Side view

Dorsal view
Dorsal view
The above adult female was captured at 320 m depth on April 29, 2008 near shore in southwestern Kamchatka.
Photo by Andrey Gontchar


Family Crangonidae:
Argis ochotensis
Argis ochotensis side view
The adult female in the photos above and below was captured at 230 m depth on May 11, 2008 near shore in southwestern Kamchatka.
Photo by Andrey Gontchar
Argis ochotensis dorsal view
Argis ochotensis, dorsal view.  Photo by Andrey Gontchar





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