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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Crustaceans (Crustacea) » Malacostracans (Malacostraca) » Marsupial Crustaceans (Peracarida) » Isopods (Isopoda) » Scutocoxifera » Valve-tailed Isopods (Valvifera) » Chaetiliidae » Saduria » Saduria entomon

Species Saduria entomon

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Internet References
Marsh Isopod - Saduria entomon
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 Chaetiliidae
Genus Saduria
Species entomon (Saduria entomon)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Chiridothea entomon (Linnaeus, 1758)
Idotaega longicauda Lockington, 1877
Mesidotea entomon (Linnaeus, 1758)
Mesidothea entomon (Linnaeus, 1758)
Oniscus entomon Linnaeus, 1758
Explanation of Names
Saduria entomon (Linnaeus, 1758)
Identification
Saduria sabini, which reaches as far south as Alaska and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, lacks eyes
Range
Arctic, reaching as far south as Pacific Grove, CA in the Pacific and Labrador in the Atlantic
Internet References
GBIF species page
Contributed by Sequoia Wrens on 20 August, 2021 - 8:52pm

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