Marine Species: Anthura gracilis

(Montagu, 1808)

Taxonomy Structure

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Anthuridae
Genus: Anthura
Species: Anthura gracilis

Species Data:

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Common Name: Animals
Description: Filiform body (segments are longer than larger). Antenna's scourges with four internodes. Truncated pleotelsum (with a pair of estatocists). It's found in empty serpulideous polychete's tubes and mimitizes its operculum, with the pleotelsum and the uropod.
Habitat: Infralittoral (sometimes on the mediumlittoral).
Color: White colour.
Dimensions: Male are smaller than female ( these may reach 1 cm).
Geographical Distribution: Atlantic Ocean

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