''Pseudocuma simile'' is a marine species of cumacean (hooded or comma shrimp) in the family

Pseudocumatidae Pseudocumatidae is a family of crustaceans of the order Cumacea. Its members have a small, free telson. The uropods bear endopods (interior branch) on one segment. The males have two pairs of rather rudimentary pleopods and the flagella of the se ...

Habitat

Lives in the seas around Europe.

Description

Grows up to long. ''P. simile'' has a freely-articulated telson. The anterolateral angle of the

carapace A carapace is a Dorsum (biology), dorsal (upper) section of the exoskeleton or shell in a number of animal groups, including arthropods, such as crustaceans and arachnids, as well as vertebrates, such as turtles and tortoises. In turtles and tor ...

is shallow and has three teeth.

References

Cumacea Animals described in 1900 Taxa named by Georg Ossian Sars {{malacostraca-stub