Hyperia galba Big-eye amphipod

Hyperia galba is commonly referred to as Big-eye amphipod. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

6782 

AphiaID:

103251 

Scientific:

Hyperia galba 

German:

Quallenflohkrebs 

English:

Big-eye Amphipod 

Category:

Parasites 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Amphipoda (Order) > Hyperiidae (Family) > Hyperia (Genus) > galba (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Montagu, ), 1813 

Occurrence:

the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, Alaska (Western Atlantic), Arctic (North Polar Sea), China, European Coasts, Japan, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific (Ocean), Philippines, Scandinavia, South Atlantic, Spitsbergen /Svalbard, West-Atlantic Ocean, White Sea 

Sea depth:

0 - 3338 Meter 

Size:

0.04" - 0.24" (0.1cm - 0.6cm) 

Temperature:

50 °F - 68 °F (10°C - 20°C) 

Food:

Jellyfish, Parasitic, Plankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Hyperia antarctica
• Hyperia atlantica
• 
  Hyperia galba
  Quallenflohkrebs
• Hyperia leptura
• 
  Hyperia macrocephala
  Quallenflohkrebs
• Hyperia medusarum
• Hyperia spinigera

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-02-16 14:16:33 

Last edit:

2020-04-02 22:09:26 

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