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Pterocuma rostratum

Status not recordedcrustaceans

Pterocuma rostratum is a species in the family Pseudocumatidae, order Cumacea.

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Quick facts about Pterocuma rostratum

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 Pterocuma rostratum live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Pterocuma rostratum as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Ukraine

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 Pterocuma rostratum 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 Pterocuma rostratum classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderCumacea
  5. familyPseudocumatidae
  6. genusPterocuma
  7. SpeciesPterocuma rostratum (Sars, 1894)

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Pterocuma rostratum

Other species in the same genus Pterocuma.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is Pterocuma rostratum an invasive species?

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

What kind of animal is Pterocuma rostratum?

Pterocuma rostratum (Pterocuma rostratum) belongs to the family Pseudocumatidae in the order Cumacea.

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). Pterocuma rostratum (Pterocuma rostratum). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pterocuma-rostratum

MLA

“Pterocuma rostratum (Pterocuma rostratum).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pterocuma-rostratum.

BibTeX
@misc{pterocuma_rostratum_2026,
  title = {Pterocuma rostratum (Pterocuma rostratum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pterocuma-rostratum},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}