Aristias tumidus Amphipod

Aristias tumidus is commonly referred to as Amphipod. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Amphipoda (Order) > Aristiidae (Family) > Aristias (Genus) > tumidus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Krøyer, ), 1846

Occurrence:: Russland, Davis Strait, Alaska (Western Atlantic), Arctic (North Polar Sea), Beaufort Sea, Canada Eastern Pacific, European Coasts, Greenland, Kamtschatka, Kara Sea , Labrador Península, Newfoundland, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific (Ocean), Scandinavia, Spitsbergen /Svalbard, West Coast USA, West-Atlantic Ocean, White Sea
Marine Zone:: Mesopelagial
Mesopelagic zone
lies between 200 to 1000 meters depth, thus it is considered the "twilight zone of the sea" between the light and dark depth zones.
Sea depth:: 18 - 388 Meter
Size:: 0,8 cm
Temperature:: -1,86 °F - 5,36 °F (-1,86°C - 5,36°C)
Food:: No reliable information available
Difficulty:: Cold water animal
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Synonyme:
Anonyx tumidus Krøyer, 1846
Aristias arcticus Schneider, 1884
Lysianassa tumida (Krøyer, 1846)
Menigrates arcticus Sparre Schneider, 1884

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