Ericthonius difformis Tube-dwelling Amphipod

Ericthonius difformis is commonly referred to as Tube-dwelling Amphipod. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

6838 

AphiaID:

102403 

Scientific:

Ericthonius difformis 

German:

Röhrenbewohnender Flohkrebs 

English:

Tube-dwelling Amphipod 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Amphipoda (Order) > Ischyroceridae (Family) > Ericthonius (Genus) > difformis (Species) 

Initial determination:

H. Milne Edwards, 1830 

Occurrence:

the Black Sea, the North Sea, Kattegat (Baltic Sea), North Atlantic Ocean, Northeast Atlantic, Skagerrak (North Sea), South-Africa, the British Isles 

Sea depth:

4 - 380 Meter 

Size:

0.2" - 0.39" (0.5cm - 1cm) 

Temperature:

41 °F - 59 °F (5°C - 15°C) 

Food:

Carrion, Detritus, Plankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Ericthonius brasiliensis
• 
  Ericthonius difformis
  Röhrenbewohnender Flohkrebs
• Ericthonius fasciatus
• Ericthonius grebnitzkii
• Ericthonius latimanus
• Ericthonius macrodactylus
• Ericthonius megalops
• Ericthonius pugnax
• Ericthonius punctatus
• Ericthonius rubricornis
• Ericthonius stephenseni
• Ericthonius tolli
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-03-02 11:39:50 

Last edit:

2025-02-26 19:57:23 

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