• Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Crustacea
  • Class: Malacostraca
  • Subclass: Eumalacostraca
  • Superorder: Eucarida
  • Order: Decapoda
  • Suborder: Pleocyemata
  • Infraorder: Caridea
  • Family: Hippolytidae
  • Scientific name: Spirontocaris lilljeborgii
  • Norwegian: kamuflasjereke

Characteristics:

The shape of the carapace, dominated by the large dorsal teeth, is a distinct feature of the friendly blade shrimp. It can only be confused with the less common S. spinus. The color is usually bright or brownish red. It may grow to a length of 75 mm.

Habitat:

It is often found around the base of the Deeplet sea anemone, where it seeks shelter, protected by the tentacles. It is registered on a depth range from 20 to 1000 meters, but is most frequent deeper than 30 meters.

Distribution:

This is a species from the North Atlantic Ocean, registered in Murmansk, Norway, Iceland, the British Isles, but also in the north-western parts of the Atlantic.