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Glyptonotus antarcticus Giant Antarctic Isopod

Glyptonotus antarcticus is commonly referred to as Giant Antarctic Isopod. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Glyptonotus antarcticus, Antarctica, 2010


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lexID:
13396 
AphiaID:
174803 
Scientific:
Glyptonotus antarcticus 
German:
Antarktische Riesenassel 
English:
Giant Antarctic Isopod 
Category:
Övriga kräftdjur 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Isopoda (Order) > Chaetiliidae (Family) > Glyptonotus (Genus) > antarcticus (Species) 
Initial determination:
Eights, 1852 
Occurrence:
Antarctica, South Atlantic 
Marine Zone:
Mesopelagial
Mesopelagic zone
lies between 200 to 1000 meters depth, thus it is considered the "twilight zone of the sea" between the light and dark depth zones. 
Sea depth:
0 - 634 Meter 
Size:
3.54" - 7.87" (9cm - 20cm) 
Temperature:
-1,7 °F - 0,2 °F (-1,7°C - 0,2°C) 
Food:
cannibalism (preys on conspecifics), Carnivore, Carrion, Detritus, omnivore, Predatory, Sea urchins, Starfishs 
Difficulty:
Cold water animal 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-11-29 20:31:04 

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Glyptonotus antarcticus Eights, 1852

Glyptonotus antarcticus has a typical maximum length of 9 cm, but may rarely reach up to 20 cm.This is large for an isopod, most of which are between 0.5 and 1.5 cm in length.

Synonymised names:
Glyptonotus antarctica Eights, 1852 (misspelling )
Glyptonotus antarcticus obtusus Meyer-Rochow, 1980 (published as variety post 1960)

Direct children (1):
Subspecies Glyptonotus antarcticus obtusus Meyer-Rochow, 1980 accepted as Glyptonotus antarcticus Eights, 1852 (published as variety post 1960)

External links

  1. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 29.11.2020.
  2. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 29.11.2020.

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Glyptonotus antarcticus, King George Island, Antarctica, 2011
Glyptonotus antarcticus, Antarctica, 2010
Glyptonotus antarcticus, Antarctica, 2010

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