A sand digger shrimp (Bathyporeia elegans)
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Researched by | Saskiya Richards | Refereed by | Admin |
Authority | Watkin, 1938 | ||
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Summary
Description
Recorded distribution in Britain and Ireland
Bathyporeia elegans is found widely distributed on the coasts of Britain and Ireland, and may be locally abundant.Global distribution
Bathporeia elegans is found from north Norway to northwest Africa.Habitat
Bathyporeia elegans inhabits fine and muddy sand from low water to depths of 40 m.Depth range
-Identifying features
- Colourless, laterally compressed body, up to 0.6 cm in length.
- First pair of antennae with large, rectangular basal segments, genticulate segmentation and an accessory flagellum.
- Second pair of antennae in females twice the length of the first but extend the length of the body in males.
- Eyes large and red.
- Plate of the third segment of the pleon lacks a toothed corner and bears three groups on the ventral edge.
- Fourth segment of the pleon is notched dorsally, and bears paired spines and bristles.
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Bibliography
Costello, M.J., Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G., Emblow, C. & Vanden Berghe, E., 2004. European Register of Marine Species [On-line]. http://www.marbef.org/data/erms.php,
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Picton, B.E. & Costello, M.J., 1998. BioMar biotope viewer: a guide to marine habitats, fauna and flora of Britain and Ireland. [CD-ROM] Environmental Sciences Unit, Trinity College, Dublin.
Datasets
Manx Biological Recording Partnership, 2017. Isle of Man wildlife records from 01/01/2000 to 13/02/2017. Occurrence dataset: https://doi.org/10.15468/mopwow accessed via GBIF.org on 2018-10-01.
National Trust, 2017. National Trust Species Records. Occurrence dataset: https://doi.org/10.15468/opc6g1 accessed via GBIF.org on 2018-10-01.
NBN (National Biodiversity Network) Atlas. Available from: https://www.nbnatlas.org.
OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System), 2024. Global map of species distribution using gridded data. Available from: Ocean Biogeographic Information System. www.iobis.org. Accessed: 2024-10-09
South East Wales Biodiversity Records Centre, 2018. SEWBReC Myriapods, Isopods, and allied species (South East Wales). Occurrence dataset: https://doi.org/10.15468/rvxsqs accessed via GBIF.org on 2018-10-02.
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Last Updated: 03/07/2008