Biology:Pseudocuma simile

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Short description: Species of crustacean

Pseudocuma simile
Pseudocuma simile.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Cumacea
Family: Pseudocumatidae
Genus: Pseudocuma
Species:
P. simile
Binomial name
Pseudocuma simile
Sars, 1900
Synonyms[1]
  • Pseudocuma similis

Pseudocuma simile is a marine species of cumacean (hooded or comma shrimp) in the family Pseudocumatidae.[2]

Diagram of P. simile by its describer, Georg Ossian Sars

Habitat

Lives in the seas around Europe.[3][4]

Description

Grows up to 5.5 mm (0.22 in) long.[5] P. simile has a freely-articulated telson. The anterolateral angle of the carapace is shallow and has three teeth.[6]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2472030 entry