| Status | | accepted |
Record
status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Species |
| Parent | | Bathyporeia Lindström, 1855 |
| Source | |
additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
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| Environment | | marine |
| Feedingtypes | |
deposit feeder: subsurface [details]
deposit feeder: surface [details]
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| Links | | BIOTIC
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
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| Notes | |
Description: Amphipod with laterally flattened body, rather slender and elongate. Up to 6 mm long. Head without
rostrum but with clearly discernible eyes. The upper antennae seem to be standing on an outgrowth
of the head. Usually not pigmented. [details]
Distribution: In the 1976-1986 period Bathyporeia elegans was only observed near the western coastal zone, the Flemish and the Zeeland Banks. In this period the species reaches a maximum density of 90 ind./m2. The distribution pattern is extended in the 1994-2001 period with different observations in the area of the Hinder Banks. Maximum densities amounted to 2,500 ind./m2. [details]
Distribution: common or abundant [details]
Habitat: Bathyporeia elegans is mainly found in medium to coarse-grained sediments (median grain size > 150 µm) with a low mud content (chiefly < 20%). The optimal sediment type has a median grain size of 200 to 350 µm (relative occurrence: > 30%) and a mud content of maximum 10% (relative occurrence: > 20%). [details]
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| Image | | 
Bathyporeia elegans Watkin, 1938
added on 2006-02-10 - author: Hans Hillewaert
qualitystatus: not checked |
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103058 |
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| | | Citation: Costello, M.; Bellan-Santini, D. (2013). Bathyporeia elegans Watkin, 1938. 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=103058 on 2013-05-19 |
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