Idotea urotoma Blunt-tailed Isopod

Idotea urotomais commonly referred to as Blunt-tailed Isopod. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Idotea urotoma (HMB) 2010

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Scientific:: Idotea urotoma
German:: Stumpfschwänzige Meerassel
English:: Blunt-tailed Isopod

Category:: Other Crustaceans

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Isopoda (Order) > Idoteidae (Family) > Idotea (Genus) > urotoma (Species)
Initial determination:: Stimpson, 1864

Occurrence:: USA
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: Meter
Food:: Algae, Herbivorous, Sea weed
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Idotea aleutica
Idotea balthica
Dreispitzige Meerassel, Große Meerassel , Baltische Meerassel
Idotea brevicauda
Idotea brevicorna
Idotea chelipes
Idotea danai
Idotea delfini
Idotea emarginata
Idotea fewkesi
Idotea granulosa
Idotea gurjanovae
Idotea indica
Idotea linearis
Idotea metallica
Idotea neglecta
Idotea obscura
Idotea ochotensis
Idotea orientalis
Idotea ostroumovi
Idotea pelagica
Idotea phosphorea
Idotea rufescens
Idotea spasskii
Idotea urotoma
Stumpfschwänzige Meerassel
Idotea whymperi
Idotea ziczac

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2023-01-08 20:14:58
Last edit:: 2023-01-08 20:14:58

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Idotea urotoma Stimpson, 1864

Idotea is a genus of isopod crustaceans, mostly from cold temperate waters. Idotea urotoma was descrived from Puget Sound and can be found intertidal to 73 m dephts. This small isopod hides by blending in with eelgrass and other types of seaweed.

Synonymised names:
Idotea rectilinea Lockington, 1877 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Idotea rectilineata Richardson, 1899 · unaccepted (mispelling of Idotea rectilinea...)

External links

Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 08.01.2023.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 08.01.2023.

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