<link href="../Styles/Style0002.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/> <meta content="urn:uuid:928b0209-fa17-4666-b8dd-79c46766ca0c" name="Adept.expected.resource"/> </head> <body> <div style="text-align: left;"><img alt="" src="../Images/NPL_1139151.jpg"/></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> The opossum shrimp <i>(Gnathophausia sp.)</i> measures about five inches (13 cm) long, although one species in the genus can reach a length of 14 inches (35 cm). Gnathophausia means “light jaw.” As with other deep-sea crustaceans, the deeper the species lives, the more reduced is the calcification of its exoskeleton.<br/> </div> </body> </html>