''Solenocera acuminata'' is a species of

decapod The Decapoda or decapods, from Ancient Greek δεκάς (''dekás''), meaning "ten", and πούς (''poús''), meaning "foot", is a large order of crustaceans within the class Malacostraca, and includes crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, and p ...

within the family

Solenoceridae Solenoceridae is a family of decapods, containing 10 genera. Members of this family are marine, inhabiting shallow and offshore waters from the Mid continental shelf, mid-continental shelf, ranging from depths to 1000 meters deep. Members of this ...

. The species is distributed in and around parts of the

Caribbean Sea The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere, located south of the Gulf of Mexico and southwest of the Sargasso Sea. It is bounded by the Greater Antilles to the north from Cuba ...

at depths of at depths of 150 to 400 meters, with the highest

biomass Biomass is a term used in several contexts: in the context of ecology it means living organisms, and in the context of bioenergy it means matter from recently living (but now dead) organisms. In the latter context, there are variations in how ...

being at 330 to 380 meters. Females are larger than males reaching lengths of 95.2 mm. The species is being considered for deep-sea fisheries in the Caribbean region of Colombia, however more information on the species is needed for fisheries to begin targeting the species.

References

Crustaceans described in 1973 Solenoceridae Fauna of the Caribbean Crustaceans of the Atlantic Ocean {{Dendrobranchiata-stub