Eusergestes arcticus

photo by Guzmán, Guillermo Leandro

Family:	Sergestidae (sergestid shrimps)
Max. size:	1.37 cm CL (male/unsexed)
Environment:	bathypelagic; marine; depth range 180 - 4500 m
Distribution:	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic, Mediterranean, Arctic and Antarctic: from Juan Fernandez (Chile), Chatham Islands, off New Zealand, south of Australia, and west to Amsterdam Island and Prince Edward Islands; Eastern Atlantic from Greenland, Iceland, Faeroe Islands, Norway, United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, Morocco, into the Mediterranean, south to Gabon, Angola and South Africa, including Canary Islands; Western Atlantic from Greenland, Canada, USA to Uruguay, Argentina, Chile in the Magellan Strait and Falkland Islands. Polar to tropical.
Diagnosis:
Biology:	Maximum depth from Ref. 85542. Daytime depth is 600 to 960 meters (Ref. 96715). Feeds on calanoid copepods and chaetognaths (Ref. 85542).
IUCN Red List Status:	Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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