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Pseudocuma simile

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Pseudocuma simile
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Cumacea
Family: Pseudocumatidae
Genus: Pseudocuma
Species:
P. simile
Binomial name
Pseudocuma simile
Sars, 1900
Synonyms[1]
  • Pseudocuma similis

Pseudocuma simile is a marine species of cumacean (hooded or comma shrimp) in the family Pseudocumatidae.[2]

Diagram of P. simile by its describer, Georg Ossian Sars

Habitat

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Lives in the seas around Europe.[3][4]

Description

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Grows up to 5.5 mm (0.22 in) long.[5] P. simile has a freely-articulated telson. The anterolateral angle of the carapace is shallow and has three teeth.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Pseudocuma similis Sars, 1900". www.gbif.org.
  2. ^ "Taxonomy browser (Pseudocuma simile)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.
  3. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Pseudocuma (Pseudocuma) simile G.O. Sars, 1900". www.marinespecies.org.
  4. ^ "Pseudocuma simile G.O.Sars, 1900". www.gbif.org.
  5. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Pseudocuma (Pseudocuma) simile G.O. Sars, 1900". www.marinespecies.org.
  6. ^ Tony Freeston; Ruth Barnich; Carsten Wolff (14 July 2014). "Ring Test Bulletin 45 Year 20 (2013/2014)" (PDF).