Cumacean

Cumella vicina

• Group: Other

A tiny shrimp like crustacean barely visible to the eye, the cumacean lives partly buried in soft bottoms across bays, the nearshore and the inner shelf. It splits its time between the seabed and brief excursions into the water column.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Cumacea › Nannastacidae › Cumella

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 182533.