Microprotopus maculatus

Microprotopus maculatus is a species of crustacean. It is belong to Microprotopus genus and Microprotopidae family.[1] It was described by Alfred Merle Norman in 1867.

Microprotopus maculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Amphipoda
Family:
Microprotopidae
Genus:
Microprotopus
Species:
M. maculatus
Binomial name
Microprotopus maculatus
Norman, 1867

Description

Microprotopus maculatus approximately length is 3 mm. It has blackish densely mottled. This species lives between depth range from 0 to 70 meters and often on sandy bottoms.[2]

Distribution

Microprotopus maculatus mainly found in the European waters such as North-East Atlantic, North Sea; particularity from Isefjord to the Adriatic. Also, significant amount found in the North American waters, Mediterranean and Indian ocean.[3]

References
  1. "World Register of Marine Species". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  2. "Macrobenthos of the North Sea - Crustacea". Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  3. "Microprotopus maculatus Norman, 1867". Retrieved 7 January 2015.


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