oedicerotid amphipod Monoculodes curtipediculus

Monoculodes curtipediculus has been collected around the McMurdo Station seawater intake jetty, the Station sewer outfall, and Cinder Cones, at 20-23 meters depth [3].

An adult female is shown here, and a female has been collected up to 7.1 millimeters in length [1,3].

Here an adult male Monoculodes curtipediculus is above an adult female [1].

Among malacostracan crustaceans, amphipods are the most abundant and diverse group in benthic Antarctica [2].

1: Kathleen Conlan, personal communication, 1999; 2: Polar Biology 11(1):73-79, 1990; 3: Crustaceana 76(1):49-63, 2003

Text ©Peter Brueggeman. Photographs ©Canadian Museum of Nature (Kathleen Conlan). Photographs may not be used in any form without the express written permission of Canadian Museum of Nature (Kathleen Conlan).