Paramphithoe hystrix Amphipod

Paramphithoe hystrix is commonly referred to as Amphipod. Difficulty in the aquarium: Niet geschikt voor huiskameraquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

10340 

AphiaID:

102152 

Scientific:

Paramphithoe hystrix 

German:

Flohkrebs 

English:

Amphipod 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Amphipoda (Order) > Paramphithoidae (Family) > Paramphithoe (Genus) > hystrix (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Ross, ), 1835 

Occurrence:

Alaska (Western Atlantic), Arctic (North Polar Sea), East cost of USA, Greenland, Iceland, Kara Sea , Labrador Península, Northeast Atlantic, Scandinavia, Spitsbergen /Svalbard, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Sea depth:

40 - 800 Meter 

Size:

0,1 cm 

Temperature:

-1,3 °F - 7,6 °F (-1,3°C - 7,6°C) 

Food:

Copepods, Phytoplankton, Protozoa, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Niet geschikt voor huiskameraquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Paramphithoe buchholzi
• Paramphithoe humeralis
• 
  Paramphithoe hystrix
  Flohkrebs
• Paramphithoe lingbergi
• Paramphithoe polyacantha

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Paramphithoe cuspidata
  Flohkrebs

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-01-18 19:32:55 

Last edit:

2025-02-26 20:05:47 

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