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Bovallia gigantea Giant Amphipod

Bovallia gigantea is commonly referred to as Giant Amphipod. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Dr. Dirk Schories, Deutschland

Bovallia gigantea, King George Island, Antarctica, 2011


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lexID:
13350 
AphiaID:
237137 
Scientific:
Bovallia gigantea 
German:
Großer Flohkrebs 
English:
Giant Amphipod 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Amphipoda (Order) > Pontogeneiidae (Family) > Bovallia (Genus) > gigantea (Species) 
Initial determination:
Pfeffer, 1888 
Occurrence:
Antarctica, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, South Shetlands Island , South-Pazific 
Sea depth:
0 - 40 Meter 
Size:
3,4 cm 
Temperature:
-0,8 °F - -0,6 °F (-0,8°C - -0,6°C) 
Food:
No reliable information available 
Difficulty:
Cold water animal 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-02-25 22:22:35 

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Bovallia gigantea Pfeffer, 1888

It is widely believed that the occurrence of gigantic species in polar waters is made possible by the fact that there is more oxygen dissolved in ice cold water than in the warmer waters of temperate and tropic regions.

External links

  1. EOL (en). Abgerufen am 05.11.2020.
  2. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 05.11.2020.

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Bovallia gigantea, King George Island, Antarctica, 20112
Bovallia gigantea, King George Island, Antarctica, 2011
Bovallia gigantea, King George Island, Antarctica, 2011

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