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Marine Species: Ampithoe rubricata
(Montagu, 1808)
Taxonomy Structure
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Family: | Ampithoidae |
| Genus: | Ampithoe |
| Species: | Ampithoe rubricata |
Species Data:
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| Common Name: | Red-eyed amphiopod, gammarid amphipod |
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| Description: | It distinguishes itself from the previous species by the fact of the male's gnatopodus 2 presenting a less concave propoditus with a palmar board, without a tusk on the inferior part or a lobe above the dactyl. |
| Habitat: | Medium and infralittoral. |
| Color: | Variable colour, depending on the algae on which it lives. |
| Dimensions: | It reaches 2 cm in length. |
| Geographical Distribution: | Atlantic Ocean |
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