Corophium volutator | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Amphipoda |
Family: | Corophiidae |
Genus: | Corophium |
Species: | C. volutator
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Binomial name | |
Corophium volutator | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Corophium volutator is a species of amphipod crustacean in the family Corophiidae. [2] It is found in mudflats of the northern Atlantic Ocean. [3] It is native to the north-east Atlantic Ocean, and has been introduced to the north-west Atlantic. [4]
Corophium volutator is a slender animal, up to 11 millimetres (0.43 in) long, "whitish with brown markings". [5] The head bear two pairs of antennae, the first of which are small and point forwards, while the distinctive second pair are much longer and thicker. [5]
There are 1–2 generations per year, [6] and the females brood the eggs inside their brood pouch or marsupium. [7] They can occur in huge quantities: up to 60,000 per square metre have been observed. [7]
Corophium volutator | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Amphipoda |
Family: | Corophiidae |
Genus: | Corophium |
Species: | C. volutator
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Binomial name | |
Corophium volutator | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Corophium volutator is a species of amphipod crustacean in the family Corophiidae. [2] It is found in mudflats of the northern Atlantic Ocean. [3] It is native to the north-east Atlantic Ocean, and has been introduced to the north-west Atlantic. [4]
Corophium volutator is a slender animal, up to 11 millimetres (0.43 in) long, "whitish with brown markings". [5] The head bear two pairs of antennae, the first of which are small and point forwards, while the distinctive second pair are much longer and thicker. [5]
There are 1–2 generations per year, [6] and the females brood the eggs inside their brood pouch or marsupium. [7] They can occur in huge quantities: up to 60,000 per square metre have been observed. [7]