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Urothoe
Sign in to saveUrothoe is a genus of very small marine amphipod crustaceans in the family Urothoidae. Members of the genus are found worldwide.
Species
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderAmphipoda
- FamilyUrothoidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 105
- With media
- 17
- Family
- Urothoidae
- Collections
- USNM, NHMUK, NMV, CAS, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE
- Recorded in
- United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, Falkland Islands, Antarctica
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Urothoidae
- Image
- Urothoe brevicornis.jpg
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Urothoe is a genus of very small marine amphipod crustaceans in the family Urothoidae. Members of the genus are found worldwide.
==Biology== Urothods are long and live on the sea bed or in shallow burrows in gravelly substrates or muddy sand. They can swim for short distances. They are vulnerable to dredging but are able to recover afterwards and re-establish their burrows. They are deposit feeders and also selectively scrape microorganisms from grains of sand.
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