Epimeria tuberculata
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Original drawing of a female Epimeria tuberculata by Georg Ossian Sars, 1893 |
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Epimeria tuberculata is a crustacean from the order of the amphipods . The species from the suborder of the Gammaridea is common in the cold, marine waters of the north of Europe .
features
Epimeria tuberculata is white with a tinge of red and becomes about 1.5 centimeters long. Like all Epimeria species, this species has large coxal plates , of which those of the first three segments are narrow and rather blunt at the distal end. The fourth and fifth coxal plates are particularly large, but their appendages are not as pointed as in the closely related species Epimeria cornigera . Epimeria tuberculata has dorsal keels that are elongated backwards like a thorn.
habitat
The species lives in the north-eastern Atlantic from Norway and Scotland to Iceland at a depth of 200 to 400 meters.
literature
- Georg Ossian Sars: An account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species . In: Amphipoda . tape 1 . Alb. Cammermeyers Forlag, Oslo (Christiania) and Copenhagen 1895.
Web links
- Description in N ether l ands B iodiversity I nformation F acility
- Taxonomy for I ntegrated T axonomic I nformation S ystem Report
- Entry in the E ncyclopedia O f L ife
- Some information and photos at Wo rld R egister of M arine S pecies
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of North Atlantic crustaceans ( memento of the original from July 21, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 646 kB) of the T järnö M arine B iological L aboratory
