Hunchback amphipod
Species of crustacean
Hunchback amphipod | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Amphipoda |
Suborder: | Gammaridea |
Family: | Iphimediidae |
Genus: | Iphimedia |
Species: | I. gibba |
Binomial name | |
Iphimedia gibba (K. H. Barnard, 1955) |
The hunchback amphipod, Iphimedia gibba, is a species of amphipod crustacean. It is a marine arthropod in the family Iphimediidae. It was first described in 1955 by Keppel Harcourt Barnard as Cypsiphimedia gibba.[1]
Distribution
This species is found off the South African coast from the Cape Peninsula to Port Elizabeth, from the subtidal down to at least 25 metres (82 ft).[2]
Description
The hunchback amphipod is a small but conspicuous amphipod, not reaching more than 5 millimetres (0.20 in) in size. It is vividly striped in blue and yellow. It has blue sideplates. The body is hunched so that the head faces downwards.
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