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Species Pentidotea wosnesenskii - Rockweed Isopod

Green samelegger - Pentidotea wosnesenskii

Idotea (Pentidotea) wosnesenskii - Pentidotea wosnesenskii

Crustacean Idotea wosnesenskii - Pentidotea wosnesenskii

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 Pentidotea

Species wosnesenskii (Rockweed Isopod)

Other Common Names

Kelp Isopod

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Idotea wosnesenskii Brandt, 1851

Internet References

Wikipedia

World Registry of Marine Species

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 24 November, 2009 - 4:46am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Lynette Elliott
Last updated 17 April, 2015 - 2:06pm

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Species Pentidotea wosnesenskii - Rockweed Isopod

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Classification

Other Common Names

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Internet References