Photis conchicola
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| Photis conchicola | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Family: | Photidae |
| Genus: | Photis |
| Species: | P. conchicola |
| Binomial name | |
| Photis conchicola Alderman, 1936 | |
Photis conchicola is a species of marine amphipod crustacean which lives in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. It grows to a length of 5.5 mm (0.22 in), and lives on rocky beaches among algae and surfgrass.[1] It often inhabits discarded gastropod shells, which it attaches to marine plants.[2]
