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Species Idotea phosphorea

salt water macroinvetebrate - Idotea phosphorea

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Crustacea (Crustaceans)

Class Malacostraca (Malacostracans)

Superorder Peracarida (Marsupial Crustaceans)

Order Isopoda (Isopods)

No Taxon (Scutocoxifera)

Suborder Valvifera (Valve-tailed Isopods)

Family Idoteidae

Genus Idotea

Species phosphorea (Idotea phosphorea)

Identification

Can be separated from other Idotea species by the shape of its telson.(1)(2)

Habitat

Seaweed, growths, etc. both intertidally and subtidally; generally near the shore but can drift with detached seaweed.

Works Cited

1.	Keys to Marine Invertebrates of the Woods Hole Region Smith R.I. 1964. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.

2.	The Arthrostraca of Connecticut Kunkel B.W. 1918. Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey.

Contributed by Aaron Hunt on 22 July, 2015 - 11:38am
Last updated 18 April, 2016 - 3:13pm

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