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Eurydice pulchra

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Eurydice pulchra
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E. pulchra
Binomial name
Eurydice pulchra
Leach, 1815[1]
Synonyms

Slabberina agata Van Beneden, 1861
Slabberina agilis G. O. Sars
Slabberina gracilis Bovallius[2]

Eurydice pulchra, the speckled sea louse, is a species of isopod crustacean found in the northeast Atlantic Ocean.

The generic name is for the nymph Eurydice of Greek mythology; the specific name means beautiful in Latin. The range of the species extends from Norway to the Atlantic coast of Morocco, but not into the Mediterranean Sea.[2] It lives in the intertidal zone on sandy shores. It has large eyes and long antennae, is grey to brown in colour, and has black spots (each one a chromatophore) on all its body surfaces.[3] Males grow up to 8 millimetres (0.31 in), while females reach 6.5 millimetres (0.26 in).[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Eurydice pulchra". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. ^ a b M. J. de Kluijver & S. S. Ingalsuo. "Eurydice pulchra". Macrobenthos of the North Sea: Crustacea. Universiteit van Amsterdam. Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  3. ^ G. C. Budd (2007). "Eurydice pulchra, speckled sea louse". Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme. Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Archived from the original on 2010-01-02. Retrieved 2009-02-20.
  4. ^ P. J. Hayward & John Stanley Ryland (1995). Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-west Europe. Oxford University Press. p. 800. ISBN 0-19-854055-8.
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