Animalia > Arthropoda > Malacostraca > Amphipoda > Corophiidae > Crassicorophium > Crassicorophium bonelliiCrassicorophium bonelliiSynonyms: Corophium bonnelli; Corophium bonnellii Crassicorophium bonellii is a species of amphipod crustacean in the genus Crassicorophium. It produces waterproof silk from its legs as an adhesive in constructing shelter for itself. In a study published in the journal Naturwissenschaften, it was found that silk is produced in a fashion very similar to spiders. It has been suggested by Dr Fritz Vollrath of Oxford University that Crassicorophium silk's tolerance of salt water means it might find uses in medical applications where it would come into contact with salty bodily fluids. |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast |
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160731 |
England/Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries/ Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd |
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163340 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Fal and Helford |
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15785 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Loch Creran |
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3030 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Loch Laxford |
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3018 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Loch nam Madadh |
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5734 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Pembrokeshire Marine/ Sir Benfro Forol |
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341177 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Pen Llyn a`r Sarnau/ Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau |
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360832 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Plymouth Sound and Estuaries |
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15820 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Sanday |
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27112 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Sullom Voe |
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6668 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Y Fenai a Bae Conwy/ Menai Strait and Conwy Bay |
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65440 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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