Dolobrotus mardeni

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Dolobrotus mardeni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Eusiridae
Genus: Dolobrotus
Species: D. mardeni
Binomial name
Dolobrotus mardeni
(T. E. Bowman, 1974)

Dolobrotus mardeni is a species of amphipod in the genus Dolobrotus (family Eusiridae).

Discovered by Luis Marden, after whom it is named, Dolobrotus mardeni is a deep-water Atlantic lobster-bait scavenger or parasite, and is often referred to as a type of "sea flea".


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