page_title: List of crustaceans of Ireland
section_title: Family Pontoporeiidae
hierarchical_section_title: List of crustaceans of Ireland / Class Malacostraca / Order Amphipoda / Family Pontoporeiidae
caption_attribution_description: Bathyporeia elegans&#160;Watkin, 1938 English: Burying amphipod from subtidal sandy substrates.Camera mounted on a Zeiss Stemi C-2000 binocular microscopeLength: ~5&#8201;mm.Belgian Continental Shelf.
context_page_description: There are 1,774 species of crustaceans recorded in Ireland.
  Crustaceans are arthropods of the subphylum Crustacea. Most are aquatic, such as shrimp, barnacles, lobsters, crayfish, krill, but some are also adapted for land living, such as woodlice and crabs.
context_section_description: 7 species
  Ampelisca aequicornis
  Bathyporeia elegans
  Bathyporeia guilliamsoniana
  Bathyporeia nana
  Bathyporeia pelagica
  Bathyporeia pilosa
  Bathyporeia tenuipes
caption: Bathyporeia elegans, an unpigmented amphipod
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