Medicorophium affine
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Medicorophium affine is a species of amphipod
crustacean
. It is a small (up to 5 mm) species which burrows in bottom sediments, between 10 and 60 metres deep. It occurs on coasts of Northern Europe.
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...
. It is a small (up to 5 mm) species which burrows in bottom sediments, between 10 and 60 metres deep. It occurs on coasts of Northern Europe.