| Nototropis swammerdamei | |
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| N. swammerdamei from the Belgian continental shelf | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Family: | Atylidae |
| Genus: | Nototropis |
| Species: | N. swammerdamei |
| Binomial name | |
| Nototropis swammerdamei (Milne-Edwards, 1830) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
Ampithoe swammerdamei Contents | |
Nototropis swammerdamei is an amphipod crustacean of the family Atylidae. [1]
N. swammerdamei is about 8 millimetres (0.31 in) long, translucent white with some brown areas. Its first two segments are smooth, and the third sometimes has a tooth on the back. Its first pair of legs is small, the second pair is larger, then the next legs are separated by a gap. The third and fourth pairs of legs are small, and the fifth, sixth, and seventh are long. [2]
It can be found along the shore [3] and sublittoral zones near sand and algae throughout Europe, from the Arctic Circle by Norway to the Mediterranean Sea. [2]
The species was first described as Amphithoe swammerdamei in 1830 by Henri Milne-Edwards. [1] It was named after Jan Swammerdam, a Dutch biologist.
