| Status | | accepted |
Record
status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Species |
| Parent | | Pontocrates Boeck, 1871 |
| Source | |
additional source: Lincoln, R.J. (1979). British marine Amphipoda: Gammaridea. British Museum (Natural History): London, UK. ISBN 0-565-00818-8. vi, 658 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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| Environment | | marine |
| Feedingtype | |
detritus feeder [details]
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| Links | | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
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| Notes | |
Description: Amphipod with relatively robust body up to 7 mm long. The eyes are very large and round. Its colour
varies between white and yellow with clear brown patches. The head has a short, pointed rostrum
arched downwards. [details]
Distribution: In the 1976-1986 period Pontocrates altamarinus was found to occur across the entire Belgian part of the North Sea, with the exception of the coastal zone. This distribution pattern was extended by observations in the coastal zone in the 1994-2001 period. In both periods P. altamarinus had a low distribution frequency and relatively low densities (1976-1986 period: maximum 130 ind./m2; 1994-2001 period: maximum 30 ind./m2). [details]
Habitat: Pontocrates altamarinus appears in different sediment types but always with a relatively low occurrence (< 30%). A clear preference for a certain sediment type cannot be identified. [details]
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| Image | | 
Pontocrates altamarinus (Bate & Westwood, 1862)
added on 2006-02-10 - author: Hans Hillewaert
qualitystatus: not checked |
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:102916 |
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| | | Citation: Costello, M.; Bellan-Santini, D. (2013). Pontocrates altamarinus (Bate & Westwood, 1862). In: Lowry, J. (2013) World Amphipoda database. Accessed through: Taxa used on the Macrobel website at http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/macrobel/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=102916 on 2013-05-19 |
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