Stegocephalus inflatus Amphipod

Stegocephalus inflatus is commonly referred to as Amphipod. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

10341 

AphiaID:

103105 

Scientific:

Stegocephalus inflatus 

German:

Flohkrebs 

English:

Amphipod 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Amphipoda (Order) > Stegocephalidae (Family) > Stegocephalus (Genus) > inflatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Krøyer, 1842 

Occurrence:

Alaska (Western Atlantic), Arctic (North Polar Sea), Bering Sea, Canada Eastern Pacific, China, Kara Sea , Labrador Península, Newfoundland, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific (Ocean), Scandinavia, Skagerrak (North Sea), Spitsbergen /Svalbard 

Sea depth:

1 - 2190 Meter 

Size:

0,1 cm 

Temperature:

-1,8 °F - 8,72 °F (-1,8°C - 8,72°C) 

Food:

No reliable information available 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Stegocephalus ampulla
• Stegocephalus cascadiensis
• 
  Stegocephalus inflatus
  Flohkrebs
• Stegocephalus similis

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-01-18 19:47:45 

Last edit:

2025-02-26 20:08:24 

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