Amphipod

Elasmopus pectenicrus

• Group: Other
• Typical depth: 0–50 m

An amphipod that dwells in rubble and shell hash in shallow water, it grazes on algae and detritus down to about fifty metres. It often turns up in fouling communities around mariculture sites, where surfaces gather a thick living crust.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Amphipoda › Maeridae › Elasmopus

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 102802.