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Eelgrass Isopod (Pentidotea resecata)

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Pentidotea resecata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Idoteidae
Genus: Pentidotea
Species:
P. resecata
Binomial name
Pentidotea resecata
(Stimpson, 1857)
Synonyms[1]
  • Idotea resecata Stimpson, 1857

Pentidotea resecata, the eelgrass isopod, is a species of isopod in the family Idoteidae.[1][2][3] It is found in North America, along the Pacific coast from Alaska and British Columbia south to Baja California Sur, and inhabits the shallow intertidal.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Pentidotea resecata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Pentidotea resecata". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ^ "The Idoteidae (Crustacea: Isopoda: Valvifera) of the shallow waters of the northeastern North Pacific". Canadian Journal of Zoology. Retrieved 2024-12-05.

Further reading

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  • Menzies, Robert J. (1950). "The Taxonomy, Ecology, and Distribution of Northern California Isopods of the Genus Idothea with the Description of a New Species". The Wasmann Journal of Biology. 8 (2): 155–195.