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Pleustidae
Sign in to savePleustidae is a family of cosmopolitan amphipods belonging to the order Amphipoda. Generally, members of this family are benthic carnivores. They are characterized by tooth-like projections on their dorsal plates, as well as specialized gnathopods for grabbing prey.
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FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderAmphipoda
- FamilyPleustidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 171
- With media
- 28
- Family
- Pleustidae
- Collections
- YPM, CAS, NMV, SIO
- Recorded in
- Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Canada, United States, Australia
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- FMIB 41770 Paramphithoe pulchella Grand Manan.jpeg
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Pleustidae is a family of cosmopolitan amphipods belonging to the order Amphipoda. Generally, members of this family are benthic carnivores. They are characterized by tooth-like projections on their dorsal plates, as well as specialized gnathopods for grabbing prey.
== Description == Pleustid amphipods typically measure between . They can possess strong colorations, from solid black and white to spotted and mottled sandy colors. Sometimes, they are brightly colored, which is hypothesized to be an example of aposematism.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pleustidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.