Microprotopus maculatus

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Microprotopus maculatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Microprotopidae
Genus: Microprotopus
Species:
M. maculatus
Binomial name
Microprotopus maculatus
Norman, 1867

Microprotopus maculatus is a species of crustacean. It belongs to the genus Microprotopus and family Microprotopidae. [1] It was described by Alfred Merle Norman in 1867.

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Description

Microprotopus maculatus approximately length is 3 mm. It has blackish densely mottled. This species lives between depth range from 0 to 70 meters and often on sandy bottoms. [2]

Distribution

Microprotopus maculatus mainly found in the European waters such as North-East Atlantic, North Sea; particularity from Isefjord to the Adriatic. Also, significant amount found in the North American waters, Mediterranean and Indian Ocean. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "World Register of Marine Species". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Macrobenthos of the North Sea - Crustacea" . Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Microprotopus maculatus Norman, 1867" . Retrieved 7 January 2015.


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