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Corophium volutator
Corophium volutator is a species of amphipod crustacean in the family Corophiidae. It is found in mudflats of the northern Atlantic Ocean. It is native to the north-east Atlantic Ocean, and has been introduced to the north-west Atlantic.
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Description
Corophium volutator is a slender animal, up to 11 millimetres (0.43 in) long, "whitish with brown markings". The head bears two pairs of antennae, the first of which are small and point forward, while the distinctive second pair are much longer and thicker.
What it does
There are 1–2 generations per year, and the females brood the eggs inside their brood pouch or marsupium. They can occur in huge quantities: up to 60,000 per square metre have been observed.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Life cycle”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 64638.