''Corophium arenarium'' is a small (up to ) European

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 9,900 amphipod species so far descr ...

crustacean of the family

Corophiidae Corophiidae is a family of amphipods, containing the following genera: *'' Americorophium'' Bousfield & Hoover, 1997 *'' Anonychocheirus'' Moore & Myers, 1983 *'' Apocorophium'' Bousfield & Hoover, 1997 *'' Bathyphotis'' Stephensen, 1944 *'' Cha ...

. It looks very similar to '' C. volutator''. It burrows in bottom sediments, between deep. ''Corophium arenarium'' originates from the coasts of France and the

North Sea The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. An epeiric sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian S ...

External links

* M.J. de Kluijver & S.S. Ingalsu
''Corophium arenarium''
Macrobenthos of the North Sea - Crustacea. Marine Species Identification Portal Corophiidea Crustaceans described in 1937 {{crustacean-stub