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Abludomelita obtusata

Abludomelita obtusata
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male
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female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Melitidae
Genus: Abludomelita
Species: A. obtusata
Binomial name
Abludomelita obtusata
(Montagu, 1813) 
Synonyms
  • Cancer obtusatus Montagu, 1813
  • Melita obtusata (Montagu, 1813)

Abludomelita obtusata is a species of amphipod crustacean. It may grow up to 9 millimetres (0.35 in) long, is a brownish colour, and lacks a rostrum. It lives in marine sediments of any grain size, but with a preference for a mud content of 10%–40%, around the coasts of the southern North Sea.



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