Pseudocuma simile

Pseudocuma simile
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Cumacea
Family:	Pseudocumatidae
Genus:	Pseudocuma
Species:	P. simile
Binomial name
Pseudocuma simile Sars, 1900
Synonyms [1]
Pseudocuma similis

Pseudocuma simile is a marine species of cumacean (hooded or comma shrimp) in the family Pseudocumatidae. ^[2]

Diagram of P. simile by its describer, Georg Ossian Sars

Habitat

Lives in the seas around Europe. ^{[3] [4]}

Description

Grows up to 5.5 mm (0.22 in) long. ^[5] P. simile has a freely-articulated telson. The anterolateral angle of the carapace is shallow and has three teeth. ^[6]

References

1. "Pseudocuma similis Sars, 1900". www.gbif.org.
2. "Taxonomy browser (Pseudocuma simile)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.
3. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Pseudocuma (Pseudocuma) simile G.O. Sars, 1900". www.marinespecies.org.
4. "Pseudocuma simile G.O.Sars, 1900". www.gbif.org.
5. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Pseudocuma (Pseudocuma) simile G.O. Sars, 1900". www.marinespecies.org.
6. Tony Freeston; Ruth Barnich; Carsten Wolff (14 July 2014). "Ring Test Bulletin 45 Year 20 (2013/2014)" (PDF).