Corophium arenarium

Corophium arenarium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Suborder: Gammaridea
Family: Corophiidae
Genus: Corophium
Species: C. arenarium
Binomial name
Corophium arenarium
Crawford, 1937

Corophium arenarium is a small (up to 7mm) European amphipod crustacean of the family Corophiidae. It looks very similar to C. volutator.

It burrows in bottom sediments, between 10 and 60 meters deep.

Corophium arenarium occurs on the coasts of France and the North Sea.

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