Nototropis falcatus

Nototropis falcatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Atylidae
Genus: Nototropis
Species:
N. falcatus
Binomial name
Nototropis falcatus
(Metzger, 1871)
Synonyms [2]
  • Atylus falcatus Metzger, 1871
  • Atylus uncinatus G. O. Sars, 1883
  • Paratylus unciatus Sars, 1883
  • Nototropis uncinatus O. Sars, 1883[1]

Nototropis falcatus is a species of amphipod crustacean. It is whitish in colour, with brown patches, and grows to a total length of around 7 mm (0.3 in). It lives on soft sediment such as fine sand at depths of 10 to 50 metres (33 to 164 ft), from northern Norway to the west coast of Ireland, including the North Sea,[3] and as far south as the southern Bay of Biscay.[4]

  1. ^ Thomas Scott (1906). "Land, Fresh-water and Marine Crustaceans". Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh. 16. Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh: 381. citing Thomas R. R. Stebbing, Amphipoda I. Gammaridea, 1906
  2. ^ Jim Lowry, Mark Costello, Denise Bellan-Santini (2011). Lowry J (ed.). "Nototropis falcatus (Metzer, 1871)". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Kluiver was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Bachelet, G.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Sorbe, J.C. (2003). An updated checklist of marine and brackish water Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the southern Bay of Biscay (NE Atlantic). Cah. Biol. Mar. 44(2): 121-151