Hunchback amphipod

Hunchback amphipod
Scientific classification
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Binomial name
Iphimedia gibba (K. H. Barnard, 1955)

The hunchback amphipod, Iphimedia gibba, is a species of amphipod crustacean. It is a marine arthropod in the family Iphimediidae. It was first described in 1955 by Keppel Harcourt Barnard as Cypsiphimedia gibba.^[1]

This species is found off the South Africa n coast from the Cape Peninsula to Port Elizabeth, from the subtidal down to at least 25 metres (82 ft).^[2]

The hunchback amphipod is a small but conspicuous amphipod, not reaching more than 5 millimetres (0.20 in) in size. It is vividly striped in blue and yellow. It has blue sideplates. The body is hunched so that the head faces downwards.

Wikidata ☰ Q5942106 entry

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