Apocorophium
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Apocorophium is a genus of amphipod
crustacean
s, comprising the following species:
Amphipoda
Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. The name amphipoda means "different-footed", and refers to the different forms of appendages, unlike isopods, where all the legs are alike. Of the 7,000 species, 5,500 are classified...
crustacean
Crustacean
Crustaceans form a very large group of arthropods, usually treated as a subphylum, which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles. The 50,000 described species range in size from Stygotantulus stocki at , to the Japanese spider crab with a leg span...
s, comprising the following species:
- Apocorophium acutum (Chevreux, 1908)
- Apocorophium curumim Valério-Berardo & Thiago de Souza, 2009
- Apocorophium lacustreApocorophium lacustreApocorophium lacustre is a species of amphipod crustacean. It lives in nearly fresh water; it is white and up to 6 mm long. It occurs mainly on the Atlantic coast of North America, the North Sea and the Baltic....
(Vanhöffen, 1911) - Apocorophium louisianum (Shoemaker, 1934)
- Apocorophium simile (Shoemaker, 1943)