Microprotopus maculatus

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

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

Description

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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

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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

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