Pentidotea montereyensis Monterey Isopod

Pentidotea montereyensisis commonly referred to as Monterey Isopod. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

15655 

AphiaID:

261976 

Scientific:

Pentidotea montereyensis 

German:

Monterey Meerassel 

English:

Monterey Isopod 

Category:

Other Crustaceans 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Isopoda (Order) > Idoteidae (Family) > Pentidotea (Genus) > montereyensis (Species) 

Initial determination:

Maloney, 1933 

Occurrence:

Alaska (Western Atlantic), Gulf of California, USA 

Sea depth:

0 - 110 Meter 

Size:

1,6 cm 

Temperature:

°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Algae, Aquatic plant, Detritus, Herbivorous 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Pentidotea aculeata
• Pentidotea australis
• Pentidotea kirchanskii
• 
  Pentidotea montereyensis
  Monterey Meerassel
• Pentidotea panousei
• Pentidotea recta
• 
  Pentidotea resecata
  Seegras Isopode
• Pentidotea rotundata
• Pentidotea schmitti
• Pentidotea stenops
• 
  Pentidotea wosnesenskii
  Vosnesenskys Assel, Seegras-Assel, Olivegrüne Assel
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2023-04-01 15:59:16 

Last edit:

2023-04-01 16:27:25 

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