CaRMS taxon details
Amphiporus griseus (Stimpson, 1855)
156294 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156294)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution Maine coastline down to Florida
Distribution Maine coastline down to Florida [details]
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Amphiporus griseus (Stimpson, 1855). Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156294 on 2025-04-30
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Amphiporus griseus (Stimpson, 1855). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156294 on 2025-04-30
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Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
additional source Gosner, K.L. (1979). A Field Guide to the Atlantic Seashore. Invertebrates and Seaweeds of the Atlantic Coast from the Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras. <em>Wiley-Interscience, Boston.</em> 329pp., figs. 1-72, pls. 1-64. [pdf copepods only]. [details] Available for editors
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Gosner, K.L. (1979). A Field Guide to the Atlantic Seashore. Invertebrates and Seaweeds of the Atlantic Coast from the Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras. <em>Wiley-Interscience, Boston.</em> 329pp., figs. 1-72, pls. 1-64. [pdf copepods only]. [details] Available for editors
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet generally for group, they are carnivorous; in some cases only the body juices are ingested but the whole prey may be taken in. feed on protozoans, other microfauna and at times prey their own size [details]Dimensions length up to 30 mm by 2 mm [details]
Distribution Maine coastline down to Florida [details]
Habitat benthic, living under rocks or in burrows in soft substrata, or crawling among algae, hydroids, or in bottom debris [details]
Reproduction sexes are separate; fertilization is external for most species. Asexual reproduction also occurs by fragmentation [details]
remark species fragment easily when handled [details]
