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Corophium

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Kingdom
  
Suborder
  
Corophiidea

Scientific name
  
Corophium

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Genus

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Lower classifications
  
Corophium volutator, Corophium lacustre

Shore birds aerial display feeding corophium volutator later tater


Corophium is a genus of the amphipod family Corophiidae. Formerly a much larger genus, many species have been transferred to segregate genera such as Monocorophium and Crassicorophium.

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Species

Corophium contains 12 species, after the genus was divided into a number of new genera in 1997:

Corophium MarLIN The Marine Life Information Network A mud shrimp

  • Corophium arenarium Crawford, 1937
  • Corophium bicaudatus Linnaeus, 1761
  • Corophium colo Lowry, 2004
  • Corophium denticulatum Ren, 1995
  • Corophium grossipes Linnaeus, 1767
  • Corophium laevicorne Sowinsky, 1880
  • Corophium linearis Pennant, 1777
  • Corophium longicornis J. C. Fabricius, 1779
  • Corophium multisetosum Stock, 1952
  • Corophium orientale Schellenberg, 1928
  • Corophium urdaibaiense Marquiegui & Perez, 2006
  • Corophium volutator (Pallas, 1766)
  • Corophium arenarium

    Corophium SLOSEA

    C. arenarium may reach 7 mm long and looks very similar to C. volutator. It burrows in bottom sediments, between 10 and 60 metres deep. C. arenarium occurs on the coasts of France and the North Sea.

    Corophium multisetosum

    C. multisetosum may grow to 9 mm and builds mud burrows in clay or sand in fresh or weakly brackish habitats. It occurs on the coasts of the Netherlands, France, Germany, Poland and the British Isles.

    Corophium volutator

    Corophium Marine Corophium Sediment Toxicity Chemex

    C. volutator inhabits the upper layers of sand on the coasts of the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom and France, as well as in the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada. They grow to 10 mm, and can occur in huge quantities: up to 40,000 per square metre have been observed.

    Corophium Corophium volutator Pallas 1766 Discover Life

    Corophium BayDelta Monitoring and Analysis Section

    Corophium Corophium volutator Pallas 1766 Discover Life

    References

    Corophium Wikipedia