Nototropis falcatus - Benthic amphipod, taken with Leica DFC 490 camera mounted on a Leica M205C binocular microscope. Pereiopod 3 is extremely large with a long and robust merus, a short carpus and a strong and slightly curved propodus with an enormous falciform dactylus. The 12 segmented flagellum is one of the features distinguishing this species from the similar <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atylus_swammerdami.jpg" class="mw-redirect" title="File:Atylus swammerdami.jpg">Atylus swammerdami</a></i>. Collected in 2010 on the S2 dredge disposal site off Zeebrugge in the Belgian part of the North Sea 2010.<br>Length = ~4.5 mm<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focus_stacking" class="extiw" title="en:Focus stacking">Focus stacking</a> of 35 pictures. © Hans Hillewaert - CC BY-SA 4.0 - Wikimedia Commons