Corophium insidiosum

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

iCorophium insidiosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Suborder: Gammaridea
Family: Corophiidae
Genus: Corophium
Species: C. insidiosum
Binomial name
Corophium insidiosum
Crawford, 1937

Corophium insidiosum is a small (up to 5mm) amphipod of the family Corophiidae.

C. insidiosum builds tubes of mud and detritus on weeds, usually in brackish shallow subtidal waters, such as brackish lagoons, ditches and rivers.

[edit] Distribution

C. insidiosum occurs on American and European coasts from southern Baltic to eastern Mediterraneanof North and South, and around Japan.

[edit] External links


This crustacean-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.