Neopleustes columbianus British Columbia Amphipod

Neopleustes columbianus is commonly referred to as British Columbia Amphipod. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

18629 

AphiaID:

388797 

Scientific:

Neopleustes columbianus 

German:

British Columbia Flohkrebs 

English:

British Columbia Amphipod 

Category:

Amphipods 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Amphipoda (Order) > Pleustidae (Family) > Neopleustes (Genus) > columbianus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Hendrycks & Bousfield, 2004 

Occurrence:

Alaska East Coast USA, British Columbia, Canada Eastern Pacific, North Pacific (Ocean) 

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:

7,6 - 71 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water, Unconsolidated muddy grounds 

Size:

0" - 0" (0,5cm - 0,7cm) 

Temperature:

33.8 °F - 66.2 °F (1°C - 19°C) 

Food:

No reliable information available 

Difficulty:

Cold water animal 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Neopleustes boecki
• Neopleustes derzhavini
• Neopleustes pulchellus

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Neopleustes columbianus
  British Columbia Flohkrebs

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-09-20 12:56:16 

Last edit:

2026-09-20 13:11:01 

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