Baltic Crustaceans by Anna Szaniawska

Baltic Crustaceans by Anna Szaniawska

Author:Anna Szaniawska
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Cham


9.5.26 Corophium crassicorne

Corophium crassicorne Bruzelius, 1859

Order: Amphipoda

Family: Corophiidae

Basic Morphological Features

It grows to a length of 6 mm (Żmudzinski 1990). The body can be light brown or orange in colour and is covered with numerous dark spots. The head has a small triangular rostrum. The second pair of antennae in the male are massive. A characteristic feature are the fused segments of the urosome, which are covered by a single plate. The eyes are small. The base of the first pair of antennae has five spines on the ventral side.



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