page_title: List of crustaceans of Ireland
section_title: Family Niphargidae
hierarchical_section_title: List of crustaceans of Ireland / Class Malacostraca / Order Amphipoda / Family Niphargidae
caption_attribution_description: Perioculodes longimanus&#160;(Bate &amp; Westwood, 1868) English: Amphipod with a short, pointed down-turned rostrum. Sampled on mid-sized sediments on the Northern part of the Buitenratel at 51°18′18″N 2°35′38.4″E&#xfeff; / &#xfeff;51.305°N 2.594°E on the Belgian part of the North Sea in 2011. Length: ~4 mm
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: 3 species 
  Microniphargus leruthi
  Niphargus kochianus subsp. irlandicus
  Niphargus wexfordensis
caption: Perioculodes longimanus
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