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Alicella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Alicellidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Species

Subphylum
  
Crustacea

Scientific name
  
Alicella gigantea

Higher classification
  
Alicella

Order
  
Amphipoda

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Genus
  
Alicella Chevreux, 1899

Similar
  
Amphipoda, Lysianassidae, Eurythenes gryllus, Gammaridea, Hyperiidea

Facts the supergiant amphipod alicella gigantea


Alicella gigantea is the largest species of amphipod ever observed, with some individuals reaching up to 34 centimetres (13 in) long. Formerly included in the family Lysianassidae, a new family, Alicellidae, was erected in 2008 for Alicella and five related genera. The species only lives at great depths; the first specimens were collected at the end of the 19th century from the Madeira Abyssal Plain, and subsequent specimens have been found in other abyssal plains of both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, as well as from the Kermadec Trench in the southwest Pacific. One specimen was found in the stomach of a black-footed albatross, but is thought to have been dead before it was eaten.

References

Alicella Wikipedia


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