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Sunamphitoe humeralis Kelp curler amphipod

Sunamphitoe humeralisis commonly referred to as Kelp curler amphipod. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Sunamphitoe humeralis, 2017


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lexID:
13136 
AphiaID:
1007413 
Scientific:
Sunamphitoe humeralis 
German:
Seetang-Wickler Amphipode 
English:
Kelp Curler Amphipod 
Category:
Other Crustaceans 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Amphipoda (Order) > Ampithoidae (Family) > Sunamphitoe (Genus) > humeralis (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Stimpson, ), 1864 
Occurrence:
Northeast Pacific Ocean, USA 
Sea depth:
0 - 5,3 Meter 
Temperature:
°F - 64.4 °F (°C - 18°C) 
Food:
Algae 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Sunamphitoe pelagica
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-07-05 20:46:57 

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Sunamphitoe humeralis (Stimpson, 1864)

Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) curler Sunamphitoe humeralis

Like insects on terrestrial plants, some marine crusta-cean mesograzers modify plant structures to create nests, tubes and burrows. Among the most abundant mesograzers in vegetated marine substrata are amphipods from the family Ampithoi-dae, with approximately 230 species, belonging to 15 genera .

Synonymised names:
Ampithoe humeralis Stimpson, 1864 (superseded original combination)
Peramphithoe humeralis (Stimpson, 1864) (superseded recombination)

External links

  1. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Sunamphitoe humeralis, 2017

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