Biology:Eurydice pulchra

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Short description: Species of crustacean


Eurydice pulchra
Eurydice pulchra.jpg
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E. pulchra
Binomial name
Eurydice pulchra
Leach, 1815[1]
Synonyms

Slabberina agata Van Beneden, 1861
Slabberina agilis G. O. Sars
Slabberina gracilis Bovallius[2]

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]

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Wikidata ☰ Q1649261 entry