Melita palmata - Benthic amphipod, taken with a Leica DFC 490 camera mounted on a Leica M205C binocular microscope. This is an intertidal species found among algae and hydroids. The male has a characteristically large second gnathopod. Collected in 2011 at the port of Zeebrugge, Belgium. Collected at <span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="//tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=File:Melita_palmata_(male).jpg&amp;params=51_21_3.15_N_3_13_10.63_E_region:BE"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°21′3.15″N</span> <span class="longitude">3°13′10.63″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.350875°N 3.2196194°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.350875; 3.2196194</span></span></span></a></span>.<br>Length = ~7 mm<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focus_stacking" class="extiw" title="en:Focus stacking">Focus stacking</a> of 27 pictures. © Hans Hillewaert - CC BY-SA 4.0 - Wikimedia Commons