Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Wolf E. Arntz, Deutschland
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Eurythenes gryllus is a large deep-water amphipod that feeds mainly on carrion and predatorily on suitably sized deep-sea inhabitants.
Various different information on the size of the "psyllid" can be found in the technical literature, the information varies between 6 and 15cm.
The same is true for the water depths in which the amphipod is encountered, sometimes animals are transported to the surface with the help of nets, other and more accurate data come from deep-sea submarines....
When talking about tropical regions like Tonga, we do not mean the popular vacation island, but the cold Tonga Trench with a depth of almost 11,000 meters.
Due to the depth distribution a complete range of this species is not yet known.
We would like to thank Dr. Wolf E. Arntz, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research for the first photo of the deep-sea amphipod.
Synonyms:
Euryporeia gryllus (Lichtenstein in Mandt, 1822)
Eurytenes magellanicus sensu Lilljeborg, 1865
Gammarus gryllus Lichtenstein in Mandt, 1822
Lysianassa gryllus Goës, 1866
Various different information on the size of the "psyllid" can be found in the technical literature, the information varies between 6 and 15cm.
The same is true for the water depths in which the amphipod is encountered, sometimes animals are transported to the surface with the help of nets, other and more accurate data come from deep-sea submarines....
When talking about tropical regions like Tonga, we do not mean the popular vacation island, but the cold Tonga Trench with a depth of almost 11,000 meters.
Due to the depth distribution a complete range of this species is not yet known.
We would like to thank Dr. Wolf E. Arntz, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research for the first photo of the deep-sea amphipod.
Synonyms:
Euryporeia gryllus (Lichtenstein in Mandt, 1822)
Eurytenes magellanicus sensu Lilljeborg, 1865
Gammarus gryllus Lichtenstein in Mandt, 1822
Lysianassa gryllus Goës, 1866
