Biology:Corophium volutator
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Short description: Species of crustacean
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Superorder: | Peracarida |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Family: | Corophiidae |
| Genus: | Corophium |
| Species: | C. volutator
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| Binomial name | |
| Corophium volutator (Pallas, 1766)[1]
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Corophium volutator is a species of amphipod crustacean in the family Corophiidae.[2] It is found in mudflats of the northern Atlantic Ocean.[3] It is native to the north-east Atlantic Ocean, and has been introduced to the north-west Atlantic.[4]
Description
Corophium volutator is a slender animal, up to 11 millimetres (0.43 in) long, "whitish with brown markings".[5] The head bear two pairs of antennae, the first of which are small and point forwards, while the distinctive second pair are much longer and thicker.[5]
Life cycle
There are 1–2 generations per year,[6] and the females brood the eggs inside their brood pouch or marsupium.[7] They can occur in huge quantities: up to 60,000 per square metre have been observed.[7]
References
- ↑ Mark Costello & Denise Bellan-Santini (2011). "Corophium volutator (Pallas, 1766)". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=102101.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 M. J. de Kluijver & S. S. Ingalsuo (1999). Macrobenthos of the North Sea. http://ip30.eti.uva.nl/bis/crustacea.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=303. Retrieved 2006-06-29.
- ↑ Veronika Gerdol & R. G. Hughes (1994). "Feeding behaviour and diet of Corophium volutator in an estuary in southeastern England". Marine Ecology Progress Series 114: 103–108. doi:10.3354/meps114103. https://www.int-res.com/articles/meps/114/m114p103.pdf.
- ↑ A. L. Einfeldt & J. A. Addison (2015). "Anthropocene invasion of an ecosystem engineer: resolving the history of Corophium volutator (Amphipoda: Corophiidae) in the North Atlantic". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 115 (2): 288–304. doi:10.1111/bij.12507.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Ken Neal & Penny Avant (2006). "Corophium volutator, a mud shrimp". Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme. Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. http://www.marlin.ac.uk/speciesinformation.php?speciesID=3052. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
- ↑ W. Herbert Wilson, Jr. & Kristian Parker (1996). "The life history of the amphipod, Corophium volutator: the effects of temperature and shorebird predation". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 196 (1–2): 239–250. doi:10.1016/0022-0981(95)00133-6.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 J. A. Percy (1999). "Master of the Mudflats". Bay of Fundy Ecosystem Partnership. http://www.bofep.org/corophiu.htm.
Wikidata ☰ Q1460707 entry
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