Biology:Photis conchicola
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Short description: Species of crustacean
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| Photis conchicola Alderman, 1936
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Photis conchicola is a species of marine amphipod crustacean which lives in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. It grows to a length of 5.5 mm (0.22 in), and lives on rocky beaches among algae and surfgrass.[1] It often inhabits discarded gastropod shells, which it attaches to marine plants.[2]
Ecology
Predators of P. conchicola include the fish Embiotoca lateralis.[2] The shells used by P. conchicola are chiefly Alia carinata, Tricolia pulloides, Bittium eschrichtii, Amphissa versicolor, Lacuna marmorata and Lacuna unifasciata.[2]
References
- ↑ John W. Chapman (2007). "Gammaridea" (PDF). The Light and Smith manual: intertidal invertebrates from central California to Oregon (4th ed.). University of California Press. pp. 545–618. ISBN 978-0-520-23939-5. http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1957/4776/Chapman%20Chapter.pdf.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 John W. Carter (1982). "Natural history observations on the gastropod shell-using amphipod Photis conchicola Alderman, 1936". Journal of Crustacean Biology 2 (3): 328–341. doi:10.2307/1548051.
Wikidata ☰ Q3932496 entry
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