Epimeria robusta K.H. Barnard, 1930
provided by British Antarctic Survey
Description
Large for an amphipod, reaching up to 4cm, and with an overall roundish shape.
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Species distribution
80 to 550m, from Sub-Antarctica to the Antarctic Peninsula and Continent. It is found on the substrate or on benthic organisms such as sponges.
Epimeria robusta is an ambush predator and feeds on a variety of small invertebrates including plankton, sponges, worms, echinoderms and other crustaceans. In its turn it is preyed on by fish and squid
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