Corophium volutator
{{Short description|Species of crustacean}}
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| image = Friedrichskoog Wattenmeer Schlickkrebse August-2010 SL275046.JPG
| taxon = Corophium volutator
| authority = (Pallas, 1766){{cite WoRMS |author=Mark Costello & Denise Bellan-Santini |year=2011 |title=Corophium volutator (Pallas, 1766) |db=Amphipoda |id=102101 |accessdate=April 12, 2012}}
| synonyms =
- Oniscus volutator Pallas, 1766
- Corophium grossipes Templeton, 1836
- Corophium longicorne White, 1847
}}
Corophium volutator is a species of amphipod crustacean in the family Corophiidae.{{cite book |url=http://ip30.eti.uva.nl/bis/crustacea.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=303 |title=Macrobenthos of the North Sea |author=M. J. de Kluijver & S. S. Ingalsuo |year=1999 |access-date=2006-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717025550/http://ip30.eti.uva.nl/bis/crustacea.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=303 |archive-date=2011-07-17 |url-status=dead }} It is found in mudflats of the northern Atlantic Ocean.{{cite journal |author=Veronika Gerdol & R. G. Hughes |year=1994 |title=Feeding behaviour and diet of Corophium volutator in an estuary in southeastern England |journal=Marine Ecology Progress Series |volume=114 |pages=103–108 |url=https://www.int-res.com/articles/meps/114/m114p103.pdf |doi=10.3354/meps114103|doi-access=free |bibcode=1994MEPS..114..103G }} It is native to the north-east Atlantic Ocean, and has been introduced to the north-west Atlantic.{{cite journal |title=Anthropocene invasion of an ecosystem engineer: resolving the history of Corophium volutator (Amphipoda: Corophiidae) in the North Atlantic |journal=Biological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=115 |issue=2 |pages=288–304 |author=A. L. Einfeldt & J. A. Addison |year=2015 |doi=10.1111/bij.12507|doi-access=free }}
Description
Corophium volutator is a slender animal, up to {{convert|11|mm}} long, "whitish with brown markings".{{cite web |author=Ken Neal & Penny Avant |year=2006 |title=Corophium volutator, a mud shrimp |work=Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme |publisher=Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom |accessdate=April 12, 2012 |url=http://www.marlin.ac.uk/speciesinformation.php?speciesID=3052}} The head bear two pairs of antennae, the first of which are small and point forwards, while the distinctive second pair are much longer and thicker.
Life cycle
There are 1–2 generations per year,{{cite journal |author=W. Herbert Wilson, Jr. & Kristian Parker |year=1996 |title=The life history of the amphipod, Corophium volutator: the effects of temperature and shorebird predation |journal=Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology |volume=196 |issue=1–2 |pages=239–250 |doi=10.1016/0022-0981(95)00133-6|bibcode=1996JEMBE.196..239W }} and the females brood the eggs inside their brood pouch or marsupium. They can occur in huge quantities: up to 60,000 per square metre have been observed.{{cite web |url=http://www.bofep.org/corophiu.htm |title=Master of the Mudflats |year=1999 |author=J. A. Percy |publisher=Bay of Fundy Ecosystem Partnership}}
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Category:Amphipods of the Atlantic Ocean