Nototropis falcatus

Nototropis falcatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Suborder: Gammaridea
Family: Atylidae
Genus: Nototropis
Species: N. falcatus
Binomial name
Nototropis falcatus
(Metzger, 1871)
Synonyms [1]
  • Atylus falcatus Metzger, 1871
  • Atylus uncinatus G. O. Sars, 1883
  • Paratylus unciatus Sars, 1883
  • Nototropis uncinatus O. Sars, 1883[2]

Nototropis falcatus is a species of amphipod crustacean. It is whitish in colour, with brown patches, and grows to a total length of around 7 millimetres (0.28 in).[3] It lives in fine sand at depths of 10–50 metres (33–164 ft), from northern Norway to the west coast of Ireland, including the North Sea,[3] and as far south as the southern Bay of Biscay.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Jim Lowry, Mark Costello & Denise Bellan-Santini (2011). J. Lowry, eds. "Nototropis falcatus (Metzer, 1871)". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
  2. ↑ Thomas Scott (1906). "Land, Fresh-water and Marine Crustaceans". Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh. Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh. 16: 381. citing Thomas R. R. Stebbing, Amphipoda I. Gammaridea, 1906
  3. 1 2 Mario de Kluijver & Sarita Ingalsuo. "Atylus falcatus". Macrobenthos of the North Sea – Crustacea. Marine Species Identification Portal.
  4. ↑ Bachelet, G.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Sorbe, J.C. (2003). An updated checklist of marine and brackish water Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the southern Bay of Biscay (NE Atlantic). Cah. Biol. Mar. 44(2): 121-151


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