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Crustacea, Hyperia galba, White Sea Biological Station
Females are 0.08–0.18 in (2–4.5 mm) long; males are 0.06–0.24 in (1.5–6.0 mm) long. Due to their massive eyes compared to their small body, these amphipods are placed in the infraorder Physocephalata ("large head"). Males have elongated first and second antennae. Both sexes have large eyes that take up most of the head. Body is a pale brown, with maroon eyes. Feed on the gelatinous zooplankton they are frequently found living upon. They are also found in food pouches of jellyfish, where they feed on food collected by the jellies. Females with eggs are most common in the spring, and young hatch in the summer. Newly hatched juveniles look very much like their parents. No one knows where the released young spend their time until they enter the adult population.
Females are 0.08–0.18 in (2–4.5 mm) long; males are 0.06–0.24 in (1.5–6.0 mm) long. Due to their massive eyes compared to their small body, these amphipods are placed in the infraorder Physocephalata ("large head"). Males have elongated first and second antennae. Both sexes have large eyes that take up most of the head. Body is a pale brown, with maroon eyes. Feed on the gelatinous zooplankton they are frequently found living upon. They are also found in food pouches of jellyfish, where they feed on food collected by the jellies. Females with eggs are most common in the spring, and young hatch in the summer. Newly hatched juveniles look very much like their parents. No one knows where the released young spend their time until they enter the adult population.
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