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Speckled Sea Louse

Eurydice pulchra

Classification

Order
Isopoda

Eurydice pulchra, the speckled sea louse, is a species of isopod crustacean found in the northeast Atlantic Ocean. The generic name is for the nymph Eurydice of Greek mythology; the specific name means beautiful in Latin. The range of the species extends from Norway to the Atlantic coast of Morocco, but not into the Mediterranean Sea.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Netherlands · 51United Kingdom · 29Germany · 14France · 5Spain · 1