Mottled Tube Maker

Jassa falcata

• Group: Other

This amphipod builds tubes in rubble and crowds onto mussel beds on exposed rocky shores. The mottled tube maker is a common member of fouling communities, settling thickly on surfaces in harbours and shellfish farms.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Amphipoda › Ischyroceridae › Jassa

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 102431.