Sinocorophium heteroceratum

Sinocorophium heteroceratum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Corophiidae
Genus: Sinocorophium
Species: S. heteroceratum
Binomial name
Sinocorophium heteroceratum
(Yu, 1938)

Sinocorophium heteroceratum is a species of amphipod crustacean.[1] It naturally occurs in Southeast Asia, but was introduced to San Francisco Bay, probably carried in the ballast water of cargo ships.[2]

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