Epimeria rubrieques, also known as the red knight, grows to just 6 centimetres with its pointed spines – and yet it is one of the largest of the amphipods. Despite its fiery red color, it is a master of camouflage in the depths where it lives. Red light waves cannot penetrate to the deep ocean, making this little knight almost invisible. Here at the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, crustaceans of all kinds are described, collected and studied.
Click through the gallery to find the (crustacean) knight you’ve been searching for!
Dive Deeper into your Date with the Sea:
Curious Crustaceans
From naming and describing new isopods to exploring uncharted areas of the sea floor, researchers in the crustacean section at the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt are continuously helping us get closer to these charismatic creatures and their habitats.
Ready for more than one crustacean in your life? How about 600,000? That’s how many specimens are in the crustacean collection at the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt! While the specimen collections are not publicly accessible, you can learn more about the crustacean collection here.
Here at the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Dr. Torben Riehl is one of the researchers working to describe, collect and research a variety of crustaceans.
