| Abludomelita obtusata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Family: | Melitidae |
| Genus: | Abludomelita |
| Species: | A. obtusata |
| Binomial name | |
| Abludomelita obtusata (Montagu, 1813) [1] |
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Abludomelita obtusata is a species of amphipod crustacean. It may grow up to 9 millimetres (0.35 in) long, is a brownish colour, and lacks a rostrum.[2] It lives in marine sediments of any grain size, but with a preference for a mud content of 10%–40%, around the coasts of the southern North Sea.[2]