Periclimenes amethysteus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Infraorder: | Caridea |
Family: | Palaemonidae |
Genus: | Periclimenes |
Species: | P. amethysteus |
Binomial name | |
Periclimenes amethysteus (Risso, 1827) | |
Periclimenes amethysteus is a species of shrimp found in the Adriatic and Aegean Sea, and the western Mediterranean Sea. [1] It was first named by Antoine Risso in 1827. [1]
Risso's dolphin is a dolphin, the only species of the genus Grampus. Some of the closest related species to these dolphins include: pilot whales, pygmy killer whales, melon-headed whales, and false killer whales.
Giuseppe Antonio Risso, called Antoine Risso, was a Niçard naturalist.
Liocarcinus vernalis, the grey swimming crab, is a small, shallow-water crab in the family Portunidae. L. vernalis was thought for a long time to be a predominantly Mediterranean species, but its known range was extended by a series of observations in the 1980s and 1990s. It ranges from West Africa to the southern North Sea.
Chelon is a genus of mullets found in coastal marine waters, estuaries and rivers in the Atlantic Ocean and Arabian Sea.
Liocarcinus depurator, sometimes called the harbour crab or sandy swimming crab, is a species of crab found in the North Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Black Sea. It grows up to 50 millimetres (2.0 in) in width and 40 mm (1.6 in) long, and can be distinguished from other crabs, such as the shore crab Carcinus maenas, by the curved rows of white spots on its carapace.
Doris is a genus of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs. These animals are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Dorididae.
Mangelia striolata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.
Mangelia costulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae, the cone snails and their allies.
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Chauvetia mamillata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
Tritia turulosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
Vexillum (Pusia) ebenus, common name : the ebony mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.
Phorcus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Trivia mediterranea is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.
Alvania lineata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.
Brachynotus sexdentatus is a species of crab in the family Varunidae. It is native to the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea, and became established for a time in Swansea Docks. It grows to a maximum carapace width of 18 mm (0.71 in), and lives in shallow water on muddy bottoms.
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Calyx is a genus of sea sponges of the family Phloeodictyidae.
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