Iphinoe trispinosa

Taxobox | name = "Iphinoe trispinosa"

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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Crustacea
classis = Malacostraca
ordo = Cumacea
familia = Bodotriidae
subfamilia = Bodotriinae
genus = "Iphinoe"
species = I. trispinosa
binomial = "Iphinoe trispinosa"
binomial_authority = (Goodsir, 1843) [Goodsir, H.D.S., (1843). Description of the genus "Cuma", and of two new genera nearly allied to it. Edinb. New Philos. J. 34: 119-129 pls 2-3]
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"Iphinoe trispinosa" is a species of cumacean belonging to the family Bodotriidae and the genus Iphinoe.

Anatomy

"I. trispinosa" is a slender cumacean which grows up to 10 mm long. The carapace is approximately twice as long as it is high, and in the male, which has a rounded pseudorostrum, rather smooth. The female has two to six small serrations in the middle of the dorsal ridge of the carapace, and a sharply leading pseudorostrum.

Both males and females are strongly pigmented. The male has — like all members of the family Bodotriidae — five pairs of pleopods. Their colour is whitish to straw-coloured.

Habitat

"I. trispinosa" are usually found in fine sand beaches, such as those formed by silt deposits. They prefer shallower depths, but may be found as deep as 150 m. During summer nights the males emerge from sand, swarming to the surface, frequently attracted by light.cite journal
author = Corbera, J.
coauthors = Garcia-Rubies, A.
year = 1998
quotes=no
title = Cumaceans (Crustacea) of the Medes Islands (Catalonia, Spain) with special attention to the genera Bodotria and Iphinoe
journal = Sci. Mar.
volume = 62
issue = 1-2
pages = 101–112
url = http://www.icm.csic.es/scimar/pdf/62/sm62n1101.pdf
accessdate = 2007-09-10] They are found from Norway to the Moroccan coast, around the Canary Islands and in the Mediterranean Sea.

References

Further reading

* Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S., (1991). Marine Fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: Introduction and Protozoans to Arthropods, ISBN 0198573561.
*Jones, N.S., (1976). British Cumaceans. Synopses of the British fauna (New Series), No. 7. The Linnean Society/Academic Press, London.
*Sars, G.O., (1900). An account of the Crustacea of Norway. Vol. III. Cumacea. Bergen Museum, Bergen.

External links

* [http://www.marinespecies.org/cumacea/cumacea.php?p=taxdetails&id=110462 "Iphinoe trispinosa"] on the Cumacea World Database.
* [http://ip30.eti.uva.nl/BIS/crustacea.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=19 "Iphinoe trispinosa"] on the World Biodiversity Database.