Phrosina semilunata Hyperiid amphipod

Phrosina semilunata is commonly referred to as Hyperiid amphipod. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

11573 

AphiaID:

103273 

Scientific:

Phrosina semilunata 

German:

Flohkrebs 

English:

Hyperiid Amphipod 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Amphipoda (Order) > Phrosinidae (Family) > Phrosina (Genus) > semilunata (Species) 

Initial determination:

Risso, 1822 

Occurrence:

Russland, Angola, Antarctica, Arabian Sea, Ascencion, St. Helena & Tristan da Cunha, Australia, Bay of Biscay, China, East-Atlantic Ocean, Florida, Galapagos Islands, Gulf of California, Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii, Indonesia, Madagascar, New Caledonia, New Zealand, North Atlantic Ocean, São Tomé e Principé, Sargasso Sea, South-Africa, Spain, the Caribbean, The Gulf of Guinea, the Kermadec Islands, the Mediterranean Sea, Timor, Venezuela, West Africa 

Sea depth:

1 - 2870 Meter 

Size:

0.39" - 1.18" (1cm - 3cm) 

Temperature:

2,2 °F - 77 °F (2,2°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Copepods, Jellyfish, Thaliacea, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

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  Phrosina semilunata
  Flohkrebs

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2018-06-10 13:49:43 

Last edit:

2025-02-26 20:06:18 

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