Marine Species: Astacilla danmoniensis

(Stebbing, 1874)

Taxonomy Structure

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Arcturidae
Genus: Astacilla
Species: Astacilla danmoniensis

Species Data:

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Common Name: No common name
Description: Medium segment of the pereon with greater dimensions than the others, large, quadrangular or trapezoidal. Head with three conical tubercle. Each segment of the pereon presents a medium tubercle, except the fourth one, which presents two of them, being the previous one quite developed. Female with a bigger number of tubercles than the male (fourth somit with triangular lobes on each side). Pleotelsum with serrulated lateral boards.
Habitat: Usually infralittoral (it lives above algae).
Color: Whitish colour.
Dimensions: Medium segment of the pereon with greater dimensions than the others, large, quadrangular or trapezoidal. 1 cm in length.
Geographical Distribution: Atlantic Ocean

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