Eurydice pulchra

Eurydice pulchra, the speckled sea louse, is a species of isopod crustacean found in the northeast Atlantic Ocean.

Eurydice pulchra
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Isopoda
Family:	Cirolanidae
Genus:	Eurydice
Species:	E. pulchra
Binomial name
Eurydice pulchra Leach, 1815[1]
Synonyms
Slabberina agata Van Beneden, 1861 Slabberina agilis G. O. Sars Slabberina gracilis Bovallius[2]

The generic name is for the nymph Eurydice of Greek mythology; the specific name means beautiful in Latin. The range of the species extends from Norway to the Atlantic coast of Morocco, but not into the Mediterranean Sea.^[2] It lives in the intertidal zone on sandy shores. It has large eyes and long antennae, is grey to brown in colour, and has black spots (each one a chromatophore) on all its body surfaces.^[3] Males grow up to 8 millimetres (0.31 in), while females reach 6.5 millimetres (0.26 in).^[4]