BIOTIC Species Information for Inachus phalangium
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| Researched by | Dan Bayley | ||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy | |||||||||||||||
| Scientific name | Inachus phalangium | Common name | Leach's sea spider | ||||||||||||
| MCS Code | S1528 | Recent Synonyms | Inachus dorynchus | ||||||||||||
| Phylum | Arthropoda | Subphylum | Crustacea | ||||||||||||
| Superclass | Class | Malacostraca | |||||||||||||
| Subclass | Eumalacostraca | Order | Decapoda | ||||||||||||
| Suborder | Pleocyemata | Family | Inachidae | ||||||||||||
| Genus | Inachus | Species | phalangium | ||||||||||||
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| Growth form | Feeding method | ||||||||||||||
| Mobility/Movement | Environmental position | ||||||||||||||
| Typical food types | Habit | ||||||||||||||
| Bioturbator | Flexibility | ||||||||||||||
| Fragility | Size | Small-medium(3-10cm) | |||||||||||||
| Height | Growth Rate | ||||||||||||||
| Adult dispersal potential | Dependency | ||||||||||||||
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| Toxic/Poisonous? | No | ||||||||||||||
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| Distribution in Britain & Ireland | |||||||||||||||
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| Biogeographic range | Depth range | ||||||||||||||
| Migratory | |||||||||||||||
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| Substratum preferences | Physiographic preferences | ||||||||||||||
| Biological zone | Wave exposure | ||||||||||||||
| Tidal stream strength/Water flow | Salinity | ||||||||||||||
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| Reproductive type | Developmental mechanism | ||||||||||||||
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| Reproductive frequency | Regeneration potential | No | |||||||||||||
| Life span | 1-2 years | Age at reproductive maturity | <1 year | ||||||||||||
| Generation time | Fecundity | 44 - 2744 eggs per brood (6 broods max.) | |||||||||||||
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