Marine Species: Ampithoe ramondi

Audouin 1826

Taxonomy Structure

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Ampithoidae
Genus: Ampithoe
Species: Ampithoe ramondi

Species Data:

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Common Name: No common name
Description: Antenna I bigger than the II, with a sensibly identical length to its body. Male's gnatopodus I with a triangular propoditus, bigger than the wrist, denticulated dactyl. Robust male's gnatopodus 2, with a distal tusk in each meral internode and wrist; bigger propoditus than the wrist, long silks on the superior board, which forms a lobe above the dactyl, which is denticulated; concave palmar board with a strong tusk at the interior part.
Habitat: Infralittoral algae and mussel's population.
Color: Variable colour.
Dimensions: About 1,5 cm in length.
Geographical Distribution: Atlantic Ocean

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