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Genus Idotea

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Crustacea (Crustaceans)
Class Malacostraca (Malacostracans)
Superorder Peracarida (Marsupial Crustaceans)
Order Isopoda (Isopods)
Suborder Valvifera (Valve-tailed Isopods)
Family Idoteidae
Genus Idotea
Explanation of Names
Idotea Fabricius 1798
Numbers
26 spp. total
Identification
Body dorsoventrally depressed; pereopods subsimilar and ambulatory; seven free pereonites; less than three complete pleonites (two complete + one incomplete) (Brusca et al.)
Internet References
genus page(1)
Works Cited
1.Boyko et al. (Eds) (2008-) World marine, freshwater and terrestrial isopod crustaceans database
Contributed by Sam McNally on 5 October, 2013 - 1:21pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 23 September, 2021 - 9:46pm

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