Crassicorophium
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Crassicorophium is a genus of amphipod
crustacean
s, comprising three species:
Amphipoda
Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. The name amphipoda means "different-footed", and refers to the different forms of appendages, unlike isopods, where all the legs are alike. Of the 7,000 species, 5,500 are classified...
crustacean
Crustacean
Crustaceans form a very large group of arthropods, usually treated as a subphylum, which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles. The 50,000 described species range in size from Stygotantulus stocki at , to the Japanese spider crab with a leg span...
s, comprising three species:
- Crassicorophium bonelliiCrassicorophium bonelliiCrassicorophium bonellii is a species of amphipod crustacean in the genus Crassicorophium. It produces water-proof silk from its legs as an adhesive in constructing shelter for itself...
(Milne Edwards, 1830) - Crassicorophium clarencense (Shoemaker, 1949)
- Crassicorophium crassicorneCrassicorophium crassicorneCrassicorophium crassicorne is a species of amphipod crustacean. It lives in shallow subtidal muddy sand and may grow up to long. C. crassicorne occurs on American and European coasts from Norway to the Black Sea....
(Bruzelius, 1859)