Heptacarpus flexus; Broken Back Shrimp; <small>(shown with <a href=/cgi/img_query?where-taxon=Lophogorgia+chilensis&title_tag=Lophogorgia+chilensis>Lophogorgia chilensis</a>)</small>

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Heptacarpus flexus; Broken Back Shrimp; (shown with Lophogorgia chilensis)

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Heptacarpus flexus
Broken Back Shrimp
(shown with Lophogorgia chilensis)

Photographer: Lovell and Libby Langstroth
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 0000 0000 1005 1426 (2005-10-26)

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date of photo 1995

latitude 36.54630 longitude -121.93121 max error distance 2866 meters View on Google Maps.

horizontal datum World Geodetic System 1984

georeferencing source GeoLocate

location Carmel Bay (Monterey County, California, US)

family Hippolytidae

order Decapoda

class Malacostraca

habitat Marine/subtidal

notes Closeup of compound eyes of this shrimp. The specimen was brought up by a diver from 58 m depth.

camera Olympus system for macrophotography

photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Other

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common names Broken Back Shrimp (photographer)

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