Posted by BubikolRamios on 26-03-2011 01:21
#1
body 8 mm, lives in salt environment on sea edge
EDIT: this is Sphaeroma serratum
more images:
http://agrozoo.ne...ver=149542
Edited by BubikolRamios on 26-03-2011 02:57
Posted by atylotus on 26-03-2011 09:48
#2
are you sure about S. serratum? there are at least several other species of this group, some of which belong to Lekanesphaera, for instance S. hookeri, S. rugicauda, L. levi. See
www.marinespecies... for the complete checklist. Were is it from? S. serratum (and L. levi), should have strongly serrated uropods (these 2 long projections at both sides of the last abdominal segment) and to me they seem to have smooth edges. Your specimen is either Sphaeroma or Lekanesphaera, but I cannot establish the species. See also
http://www.aquati..._Galil.pdf for another alien Sphaeroma species recently established from israel (wit serrated edges)
Posted by BubikolRamios on 26-03-2011 10:42
#3
my reference is this:
http://www1.pms-l...?load=1949
Another color, but I guess it varrys in coloration
Both mine and that from link are from north medtiteranean shore.
Did you look at more images, if that helps:
http://agrozoo.ne...ver=149542
Edited by BubikolRamios on 26-03-2011 10:42