Cyproidea ornata Ornate amphipod, Ladybug amphipod

Cyproidea ornata is commonly referred to as Ornate amphipod, Ladybug amphipod. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Georgina Jones (CC-BY-SA), Cape Town

Cyproidea ornata, pie south Cape Point, Cape Town, South Africa 2023 (CC-BY-SA)

Courtesy of the author Georgina Jones (CC-BY-SA), Cape Town . Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:: 12690
AphiaID:: 221360

Scientific:: Cyproidea ornata
German:: Flohkrebs, Amphipode
English:: Ornate Amphipod, Ladybug Amphipod

Category:: Amphipods

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Amphipoda (Order) > Cyproideidae (Family) > Cyproidea (Genus) > ornata (Species)
Initial determination:: Haswell, 1879

Occurrence:: Bass Strait, Bismarck Archipelago, Eastern Indian Ocean, Egypt, Gulf of Bengal / Bay of Bengal, Indo Pacific, New South Wales (Australia), Papua New Guinea, Red Sea, South Australia, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Tasman Sea, Tasmania (Australia), Western Australia
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 0 - 30 Meter
Habitats:: Rocky reefs, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 0" - 0" (0,3cm - 0,4cm)
Temperature:: 57.2 °F - 82.4 °F (14°C - 28°C)
Food:: No reliable information available
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown