Nototropis falcatus
| Nototropis falcatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Suborder: | Gammaridea |
| Family: | Atylidae |
| Genus: | Nototropis |
| Species: | N. falcatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Nototropis falcatus (Metzger, 1871) | |
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Nototropis falcatus is a species of amphipod crustacean. It is whitish in colour, with brown patches, and grows to a total length of around 7 millimetres (0.28 in).[3] It lives in fine sand at depths of 10–50 metres (33–164 ft), from northern Norway to the west coast of Ireland, including the North Sea,[3] and as far south as the southern Bay of Biscay.[4]
References
- ↑ Jim Lowry, Mark Costello & Denise Bellan-Santini (2011). J. Lowry, ed. "Nototropis falcatus (Metzer, 1871)". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
- ↑ Thomas Scott (1906). "Land, Fresh-water and Marine Crustaceans". Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh) 16: 381. citing Thomas R. R. Stebbing, Amphipoda I. Gammaridea, 1906
- 1 2 Mario de Kluijver & Sarita Ingalsuo. "Atylus falcatus". Macrobenthos of the North Sea – Crustacea. Marine Species Identification Portal.
- ↑ Bachelet, G.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Sorbe, J.C. (2003). An updated checklist of marine and brackish water Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the southern Bay of Biscay (NE Atlantic). Cah. Biol. Mar. 44(2): 121-151
External links
Data related to Atylus falcatus at Wikispecies- "Atylus falcatus Metzger, 1871". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Atylus falcatus at the Encyclopedia of Life
- WORMS database
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