Bathyporeia elegans

Bathyporeia elegans is a species of amphipod crustacean in the genus Bathyporeia. It is unpigmented, and grows up to 6 millimetres (0.24 in) in length.[1]

Bathyporeia elegans
Bathyporeia elegans with an egg in its marsupium (brood pouch).
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Amphipoda
Suborder:
Gammaridea
Family:
Pontoporeiidae
Genus:
Bathyporeia
Species:
B. elegans
Binomial name
Bathyporeia elegans
Watkin, 1938

References
  1. Mark Costello & Denise Bellan-Santini (2011). J. Lowry (ed.). "Bathyporeia elegans Watkin, 1938". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved June 16, 2011.


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