Eurydice affinis Isopod, Sea louse

Eurydice affinis is commonly referred to as Isopod, Sea louse. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland

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AphiaID:: 118843

Scientific:: Eurydice affinis
German:: Isopode
English:: Isopod, Sea Louse

Category:: Isopods

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Isopoda (Order) > Cirolanidae (Family) > Eurydice (Genus) > affinis (Species)
Initial determination:: Hansen, 1905

Occurrence:: the North Sea, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Bay of Biscay, Belgium, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea, The Shetland Islands (Scotland), Turkey
Sea depth:: 0 - 60 Meter
Size:: 0" - 0" (0,5cm - 0,6cm)
Temperature:: 49.64 °F - 65.3 °F (9.8°C - 18.5°C)
Food:: Insects, Predatory
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Eurydice acuticauda
Eurydice affinis
Isopode
Eurydice agilis
Eurydice akiyamai
Eurydice arabica
Eurydice barnardi
Eurydice binda
Eurydice bowmani
Eurydice caudata
Eurydice cavicaudata
Eurydice chelifer
Eurydice clymeneia
Eurydice convexa
Eurydice czerniavsky
Eurydice dollfusi
Eurydice elongata
Eurydice emarginata
Eurydice grimaldii
Eurydice humilis
Eurydice indicis
Eurydice inermis
Eurydice inornata
Eurydice kensleyi
Eurydice littoralis
Eurydice longiantennata
Eurydice longicornis
Eurydice longipes
Eurydice longispina
Eurydice lusitaniensis
Eurydice marisrubri
Eurydice marzouqui
Eurydice mauritanica
Eurydice minya
Eurydice naylori
Eurydice nipponica
Eurydice nunomurai
Eurydice orientalis
Eurydice paxilli
Eurydice peraticis
Eurydice personata
Eurydice piperata
Eurydice pontica
Eurydice pulchra
Eurydice racovitzai
Eurydice rotundicauda
Eurydice saikaiensis
Eurydice spenceri
Eurydice spinigera
Eurydice subtruncata
Eurydice tarti
Eurydice tridentata
Eurydice truncata
Eurydice valkanovi
Eurydice woka
Eurydice wyuna

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2020-12-09 20:37:23
Last edit:: 2025-02-26 20:14:49

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Eurydice affinis ist ein winziger, fleischfressender Isopode, bei dem die Weibchen einen Millimeter großer als die Männchen werden.
Der Isodpde ist blass, mit schwarzen Chromatophoren, die auf die dorsale Körperoberfläche beschränkt sind, das Abdomen ist gelblich.

Eurydice affinis kommt in intertidalem Sand, oft zusammen mit Eurydice pulchra, einer anderen Isopodeart, vor.

External links

Marine Species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 09.12.2020.
Marine Species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 09.12.2020.
Opportunistic Feeding Behaviour in a Predartory Isopod (en). Abgerufen am 09.12.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 09.12.2020.

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