| Corophium volutator | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Family: | Corophiidae |
| Genus: | Corophium |
| Species: | C. volutator |
| Binomial name | |
| Corophium volutator (Pallas, 1766) | |
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Corophium volutator is a species of amphipod crustacean in the family Corophiidae. It is found in mudflats of the northern Atlantic Ocean. It is native to the north-east Atlantic Ocean, and has been introduced to the north-west Atlantic.
Description
Corophium volutator is a slender animal, up to 11 millimetres (0.43 in) long, "whitish with brown markings". The head bear two pairs of antennae, the first of which are small and point forwards, while the distinctive second pair are much longer and thicker.
Life cycle
There are 1–2 generations per year, and the females brood the eggs inside their brood pouch or marsupium. They can occur in huge quantities: up to 60,000 per square metre have been observed.
References
- Mark Costello & Denise Bellan-Santini (2011). Lowry J (ed.). "Corophium volutator (Pallas, 1766)". World Amphipoda Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
- ^ M. J. de Kluijver & S. S. Ingalsuo (1999). Macrobenthos of the North Sea. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2006-06-29.
- Veronika Gerdol & R. G. Hughes (1994). "Feeding behaviour and diet of Corophium volutator in an estuary in southeastern England" (PDF). Marine Ecology Progress Series. 114: 103–108. Bibcode:1994MEPS..114..103G. doi:10.3354/meps114103.
- A. L. Einfeldt & J. A. Addison (2015). "Anthropocene invasion of an ecosystem engineer: resolving the history of Corophium volutator (Amphipoda: Corophiidae) in the North Atlantic". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 115 (2): 288–304. doi:10.1111/bij.12507.
- ^ Ken Neal & Penny Avant (2006). "Corophium volutator, a mud shrimp". Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme. Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
- W. Herbert Wilson, Jr. & Kristian Parker (1996). "The life history of the amphipod, Corophium volutator: the effects of temperature and shorebird predation". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 196 (1–2): 239–250. Bibcode:1996JEMBE.196..239W. doi:10.1016/0022-0981(95)00133-6.
- ^ J. A. Percy (1999). "Master of the Mudflats". Bay of Fundy Ecosystem Partnership.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Corophium volutator | |
| Oniscus volutator | |