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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.


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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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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-02-26 20:06:18 

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Phrosina semilunata

Synonymised names:
Megallecto thirioti Gotto, 1986 (synonym)
Phrosina australis Stebbing, 1888
Phrosina pacifica Stebbing, 1888 (synonym)
Phrosina thirioti Gotto, 1986 (Mistaken idenity of remains of specimen of Phrosina semilunata)

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