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Confirmed Occurrence and Morphological Documentation of Stenopus spinosus (Risso, 1827), from Tenerife, Canary Islands
Description Figure C–1.
Dorsal view of Stenopus spinosus Risso, 1827 (Decapoda: Stenopodidea: Stenopodidae), adult specimen (Specimen ID:
IMS-SSP-001) collected from Granadilla, Tenerife, Canary Islands (28°05′07″N, 16°29′23″W). The individual was
encountered at a depth of 6 meters in a rocky overhead marine environment during a night dive at approximately 01:00
local time on 6 August 2025. Photographed under standardized laboratory conditions.
Morphometric measurements:
carapace length (CL) = 16.4 mm;
rostrum length (RL) = 11.1 mm;
right chela length = 36.7 mm;
right cheliped length = 94.3 mm.
Scale bar = 10 mm.
Associated iNaturalist record: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/304303255 ·
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