Epimeria (Epimeria) cornigera Amphipod

Epimeria (Epimeria) cornigera is commonly referred to as Amphipod. Difficulty in the aquarium: Niet geschikt voor huiskameraquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

10339 

AphiaID:

1053398 

Scientific:

Epimeria (Epimeria) cornigera 

German:

Flohkrebs 

English:

Amphipod 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Amphipoda (Order) > Epimeriidae (Family) > Epimeria (Genus) > (Epimeria) cornigera (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Fabricius, ), 1779 

Occurrence:

the North Sea, Bay of Biscay, European Coasts, North Atlantic Ocean, Portugal, Scandinavia, the British Isles, the Isle of Man, the Mediterranean Sea 

Sea depth:

91 - 895 Meter 

Size:

1,6 cm 

Temperature:

6,5 °F - 12,6 °F (6,5°C - 12,6°C) 

Food:

Plankton 

Difficulty:

Niet geschikt voor huiskameraquaria! 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Epimeria cora
• Epimeria longispinosa
• Epimeria loricata
• Epimeria obtusa
• Epimeria tuberculata
• Epimeria yaquinae

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Epimeria (Epimeria) cornigera
  Flohkrebs
• 
  Epimeria liui
  Tiefsee-Amphipode

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-01-18 19:21:15 

Last edit:

2025-02-26 19:57:00 

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