Medicorophium
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Medicorophium 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:
- Medicorophium aculeatum (Chevreux, 1908)
- Medicorophium affineMedicorophium affineMedicorophium affine is a species of amphipod crustacean. It is a small species which burrows in bottom sediments, between 10 and 60 metres deep. It occurs on coasts of Northern Europe....
(Bruzelius, 1859) - Medicorophium annulatum (Chevreux, 1908)
- Medicorophium longisetosum Myers, De-La-Ossa-Carretero & Dauvin, 2010
- Medicorophium minimum (Schiecke, 1978)
- Medicorophium rotundirostre (Stephensen, 1915)
- Medicorophium runcicorne (Della Valle, 1893)