Eurydice pulchra
Appearance
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Species: | E. pulchra
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Slabberina agata Van Beneden, 1861 |
Eurydice pulchra, the speckled sea louse, is a species of isopod crustacean found in the northeast Atlantic Ocean.
The generic name is for the nymph Eurydice of Greek mythology; the specific name means beautiful in Latin. The range of the species extends from Norway to the Atlantic coast of Morocco, but not into the Mediterranean Sea.[2] It lives in the intertidal zone on sandy shores. It has large eyes and long antennae, is grey to brown in colour, and has black spots (each one a chromatophore) on all its body surfaces.[3] Males grow up to 8 millimetres (0.31 in), while females reach 6.5 millimetres (0.26 in).[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Eurydice pulchra". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ a b M. J. de Kluijver & S. S. Ingalsuo. "Eurydice pulchra". Macrobenthos of the North Sea: Crustacea. Universiteit van Amsterdam. Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
- ^ G. C. Budd (2007). "Eurydice pulchra, speckled sea louse". Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme. Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Archived from the original on 2010-01-02. Retrieved 2009-02-20.
- ^ P. J. Hayward & John Stanley Ryland (1995). Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-west Europe. Oxford University Press. p. 800. ISBN 0-19-854055-8.
External links
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