| Status | | accepted |
Record
status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Species |
| Parent | | Urothoe Dana, 1852 |
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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 | |
deposit feeder: surface [details]
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| Links | | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
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| Notes | |
Description: An amphipod with a rounded, broad and robust body. Can reach lengths of 7 mm. The black eyes are very large in males and almost adjoining on top of the head. In females the eyes are moderately large and reniform. The head has a small rostrum. The body is yellowish white. [details]
Distribution: In the 1976-1986 period Urothoe brevicornis was observed outside the coastal area with a low distribution frequency and in low densities (maximum 140 ind./m2). A higher distribution frequency, higher densities (maximum 350 ind./m2) and observations near the western coastal zone were characteristic of the species in the 1994-2001 period. [details]
Distribution: frequent, but rarely numerous [details]
Habitat: Urothoe brevicornis is typically found in medium to coarse-grained sediments (median grain size > 200 µm). The mud content remains low (chiefly < 10%). The highest relative occurrence (± 40%) is reached in sediments with a median grain size of 250 to 400 µm. [details]
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| Images | | 
Picture of Urothoe brevicornis
added on 2004-06-17 - author: Hillewaert, H.
qualitystatus: not checked |
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Urothoe brevicornis Bate, 1862
added on 2006-02-10 - author: Hans Hillewaert
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103226 |
Taxonomic
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| | | Citation: Costello, M.; Bellan-Santini, D. (2013). Urothoe brevicornis Bate, 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=103226 on 2013-05-21 |
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