The 13 species of shrimps studied for this thesis were collected
off the Oregon coast. The family Oplophoridae is well represented
in this area. Five of the seven known genera were identified.
Hymenodora frontalis, H. glacialis, and H. gracilis were described
and further differentiating characters were illustrated. Other members
of...
Sixteen species of oceanic shrimps, seven Penaeidea and nine Caridea, appeared in 244 collections made within the upper 1500 m at one station in the northeast Pacific off Oregon. Most of the species were primarily mesopelagic in distribution. The most abundant species, Sergestes similis, was the only shrimp common in...