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Confirmed Occurrence and Morphological Documentation of Stenopus spinosus (Risso, 1827), from Tenerife, Canary Islands
Description Figure D–1.
Complete dorsal view of Stenopus spinosus Risso, 1827 (Decapoda: Stenopodidea: Stenopodidae), adult specimen
(Specimen ID: IMS-SSP-001) showing extended antennal appendages.
Collected at a depth of 6 meters within a rocky overhead marine environment during a night dive (approx. 01:00 local
time) on 6 August 2025. Locality: Granadilla, Tenerife, Canary Islands (28°05′07″N, 16°29′23″W).
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.
Scale bar = 10 mm. ·
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