• Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Crustacea
  • Class: Malacostraca
  • Subclass: Eumalacostraca
  • Superorder: Peracarida
  • Order: Amphipoda
  • Suborder: Gammaridea
  • Family: Pleustidae
  • Scientific name: Stenopleustes latipes
  • Norwegian: -

Characteristics:

This amphipod has one orange stripe on each segment. The second pair of legs are longer than the first. The body length is usually less than 15 mm.

Habitat:

This a common, but a deep sea species, most frequent deeper than 30 meters. It is often encountered feeding in hydroids like Eudendrium rameum.

Distribution:

It is registered in the Arctic Ocean, the North East Atlantic from Norway to Biscay. It is also known from the Azores.