Nototropis swammerdamei

Nototropis swammerdamei is an amphipod crustacean of the family Atylidae.[1]

Nototropis swammerdamei
N. swammerdamei from the Belgian continental shelf
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Atylidae
Genus: Nototropis
Species:
N. swammerdamei
Binomial name
Nototropis swammerdamei
Synonyms[1]

Ampithoe swammerdamei
(H. Milne Edwards, 1830)
Atylus compressa
(Liljeborg, 1852)
Atylus gordoniana
(Spence Bate, 1857)
Atylus loughrini
(Spence Bate, 1862)
Atylus swammerdamei
(H. Milne Edwards, 1830)

Description

N. swammerdamei is about 8 millimetres (0.31 in) long, translucent white with some brown areas. Its first two segments are smooth, and the third sometimes has a tooth on the back. Its first pair of legs is small, the second pair is larger, then the next legs are separated by a gap. The third and fourth pairs of legs are small, and the fifth, sixth, and seventh are long.[2]

Distribution

It can be found along the shore[3] and sublittoral zones near sand and algae throughout Europe, from the Arctic Circle by Norway to the Mediterranean Sea.[2]

Taxonomic history

The species was first described as Amphithoe swammerdamei in 1830 by Henri Milne-Edwards.[1] It was named after Jan Swammerdam, a Dutch biologist.

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References
  1. Lowry, Jim; Horton, Tammy (2013). "Nototropis swammerdamei (H. Milne Edwards, 1830)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
  2. Hayward, Peter J.; Ryland, John S. (February 23, 2017). Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe. Oxford University Press. Suborder Gammaridea, section 3 "Atylidae". ISBN 9780192516466 – via Google Books.
  3. Knowles, M. C.; Hartmeyer, R. (1915). Results of a Biological Survey of Blacksod Bay, Co. Mayo. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 56 – via Google Books.
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