''Monocorophium'' is a genus of
amphipod
Amphipoda () is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods () range in size from and are mostly detritivores or scavengers. There are more than 10,700 amphipod species cur ...
crustacean
Crustaceans (from Latin meaning: "those with shells" or "crusted ones") are invertebrate animals that constitute one group of arthropods that are traditionally a part of the subphylum Crustacea (), a large, diverse group of mainly aquatic arthrop ...
s.
Species
The genus ''Monocorophium'' comprises the following species:
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Monocorophium acherusicum
''Monocorophium acherusicum'' is a species of Amphipoda, amphipod crustacean.
Description
''Monocorophium acherusicum'' is a small (5 mm) species. It is brown with a very short abdomen, and has three little spines on its enlarged second ant ...
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(Costa, 1853)
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Monocorophium californianum
''Monocorophium'' is a genus of amphipod crustaceans.
Species
The genus ''Monocorophium'' comprises the following species:
*''Monocorophium acherusicum'' (Costa, 1853)
*'' Monocorophium californianum'' (Shoemaker, 1934)
*'' Monocorophium carlott ...
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(Shoemaker, 1934)
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Monocorophium carlottensis
''Monocorophium'' is a genus of amphipod crustaceans.
Species
The genus ''Monocorophium'' comprises the following species:
*''Monocorophium acherusicum'' (Costa, 1853)
*''Monocorophium californianum'' (Shoemaker, 1934)
*'' Monocorophium carlotte ...
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Bousfield & Hoover, 1997
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Monocorophium cylindricum
''Monocorophium'' is a genus of amphipod crustaceans.
Species
The genus ''Monocorophium'' comprises the following species:
*''Monocorophium acherusicum'' (Costa, 1853)
*''Monocorophium californianum'' (Shoemaker, 1934)
*''Monocorophium carlotten ...
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(Say, 1818)
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Monocorophium insidiosum
''Monocorophium insidiosum'' is a species of small amphipod crustacean commonly found in brackish, intertidal, and subtidial environments across Europe, Asia, and parts of North America. ''Monocorophium insidiosum'' is important in estuarine envi ...
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(Crawford, 1937)
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Monocorophium josei
''Monocorophium'' is a genus of Amphipoda, amphipod crustaceans.
Species
The genus ''Monocorophium'' comprises the following species:
*''#Monocorophium acherusicum, Monocorophium acherusicum'' (Costa, 1853)
*''Monocorophium californianum'' (Shoe ...
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Valério-Berardo & Thiago de Souza, 2009
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Monocorophium oaklandense
''Monocorophium'' is a genus of amphipod crustaceans.
Species
The genus ''Monocorophium'' comprises the following species:
*''Monocorophium acherusicum'' (Costa, 1853)
*''Monocorophium californianum'' (Shoemaker, 1934)
*''Monocorophium carlotten ...
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(Shoemaker, 1949)
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Monocorophium sextonae
''Monocorophium sextonae'' is a species of amphipod crustacean.
Description
''Monocorophium sextonae'' is 5 mm long.
Distribution and habitat
''Monocorophium sextonae'' is native to New Zealand, but was introduced near Plymouth
Pl ...
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(Crawford, 1937)
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Monocorophium steinegeri
''Monocorophium'' is a genus of amphipod crustaceans.
Species
The genus ''Monocorophium'' comprises the following species:
*''Monocorophium acherusicum'' (Costa, 1853)
*''Monocorophium californianum'' (Shoemaker, 1934)
*''Monocorophium carlotten ...
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( Gurjanova, 1951)
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Monocorophium tuberculatum''
(Shoemaker, 1934)
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Monocorophium uenoi''
(Stephensen, 1932)
References
Corophiida
Amphipod genera
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