Idoteidae is a animal family in the Animalia kingdom, order Isopoda, class Malacostraca. The family contains 16 accepted species worldwide.
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Pentidotea aculeata Stafford, 1913
Pentidotea aculeata is an isopod species in the family Idoteidae that lives in C…
Pentidotea resecata (Stimpson, 1857)
Pentidotea resecata, the eelgrass isopod, is an Idoteidae family isopod found on…
Idotea balthica (Pallas, 1772)
Idotea balthica is a broadly distributed marine isopod with context-dependent mi…
Pentidotea kirchanskii (Miller & Lee, 1970)
Pentidotea kirchanskii is a surfgrass-dwelling intertidal isopod found along the…
Idotea metallica Bosc, 1801
Idotea metallica, the metallic isopod, is a globally distributed high-sea drifti…
Pentidotea wosnesenskii (Brandt, 1851)
Pentidotea wosnesenskii is a green marine intertidal isopod found on the Pacific…
Idotea phosphorea Harger, 1873,1873
Idotea phosphorea is an isopod species in the Idoteidae family native to the Atl…
Idotea urotoma Stimpson, 1864
Idotea urotoma, the blunt-tailed isopod, is a variable-colored isopod identifiab…
Idoteidae animals belong to the Isopoda order in the Animalia kingdom. This species can be identified by its metallic blue coloration and the blunt, squared shape of its telson. For instant identification, use the iNature app — AI-powered and works offline.
Idoteidae is classified in the order Isopoda, class Malacostraca, phylum Arthropoda. The right and left margins of this structure converge without a distinct median projection, and this feature distinguishes the blunt-tailed isopod from other similar isopod species.
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