Idotea neglecta
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Idotea neglecta | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Superorder: | Peracarida |
Order: | Isopoda |
Family: | Idoteidae |
Genus: | Idotea |
Species: | I. neglecta
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Binomial name | |
Idotea neglecta |
Idotea neglecta is a marine isopod in the family Idoteidae.[2] It can be found on algae in the littoral and sublittoral zone of north-west European coasts.[3]
Distribution
I. neglecta can be found on all north-west European coasts.[3]
Description
Male I. neglecta measure 8 to 30 millimetres (0.3 to 1.2 in), females 10 to 16 millimetres (0.4 to 0.6 in). They are brownish, sometimes with white longitudinal lateral markings or white marbling over the dorsal surface. The pleotelson of adults has straight sides converging posteriorly.[3]
References
- ^ Sars, G. O. (1896–1899). An account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Volume II. Isopoda. Christiania: A. Cammermeyer. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.1164.
- ^ Schotte M, Boyko CB, Bruce NL, Poore GC, Taiti S, Wilson GD, eds. (2022). "Idotea neglecta G. O. Sars, 1897". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
- ^ a b c Hayward, Peter J.; Ryland, John S. (2017). Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe (2nd ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. p. 345. ISBN 978-0-19-954944-3.
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