Amphipod

Photis hawaiensis

• Group: Other

A small tube building amphipod, this crustacean turns up in marine caves and among the fouling growth on mariculture gear. Like its relatives it spins itself a silk lined tube and reaches out to gather detritus and drifting particles.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Amphipoda › Photidae › Photis

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 548652.