Eurydice pulchra explained

Eurydice pulchra, the speckled sea louse, is a species of isopod crustacean found in the northeast Atlantic Ocean.

The generic name is for the nymph Eurydice of Greek mythology; the specific name means beautiful in Latin. The range of the species extends from Norway to the Atlantic coast of Morocco, but not into the Mediterranean Sea.^[1] It lives in the intertidal zone on sandy shores. It has large eyes and long antennae, is grey to brown in colour, and has black spots (each one a chromatophore) on all its body surfaces.^[2] Males grow up to 8mm, while females reach 6.5mm.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Eurydice pulchra . M. J. de Kluijver & S. S. Ingalsuo . Macrobenthos of the North Sea: Crustacea . 2009-02-19 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20110608011744/http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/bis/crustacea.php?menuentry=soorten&id=549 . 2011-06-08 . dead .
2. Web site: G. C. Budd . 2007 . Eurydice pulchra, speckled sea louse . Marine Life Information Network

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3. Book: Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-west Europe . P. J. Hayward & John Stanley Ryland . . 1995 . 0-19-854055-8 . 800.