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Iphigenella acanthopoda

Status not recordedcrustaceans

Iphigenella acanthopoda is a species in the family Iphigenellidae, order Amphipoda.

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Quick facts about Iphigenella acanthopoda

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does Iphigenella acanthopoda live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Iphigenella acanthopoda as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Hungary

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is Iphigenella acanthopoda endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Iphigenella acanthopoda classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderAmphipoda
  5. familyIphigenellidae
  6. genusIphigenella
  7. SpeciesIphigenella acanthopoda G.O. Sars, 1896
Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Іфігенела колючконогаUkrainian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Iphigenella acanthopoda

Other species in the same order Amphipoda.

Sand hopper

Talitrus saltator

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Mud shrimp

Corophium volutator

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is Iphigenella acanthopoda an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Iphigenella acanthopoda as introduced in 1 country: Hungary, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Iphigenella acanthopoda?

Iphigenella acanthopoda (Iphigenella acanthopoda) belongs to the family Iphigenellidae in the order Amphipoda.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Iphigenella acanthopoda (Iphigenella acanthopoda). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/iphigenella-acanthopoda

MLA

“Iphigenella acanthopoda (Iphigenella acanthopoda).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/iphigenella-acanthopoda.

BibTeX
@misc{iphigenella_acanthopoda_2026,
  title = {Iphigenella acanthopoda (Iphigenella acanthopoda)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/iphigenella-acanthopoda},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}