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Pacific Arctic Benthic Species
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Ampelisca macrocephala (Liljeborg, 1852)

Size
Up to 15 mm.

Color
Whitish, mottled with pink and yellow.

Habitat
Depth range from 10 to 280 meters, often on muddy sediments.

Feeding
Suspension feeder.

Distribution
Circumpolar; Arctic Ocean; North Atlantic. American and European coasts.
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