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UK
/ˈaɪsəpˌɒd/
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NOUN
- any of various small terrestrial or aquatic crustaceans with seven pairs of legs adapted for crawling
How To Use isopod In A Sentence
- In addition to fish, Pterois volitans feed on invertebrates such as amphipods, isopods, and other crustaceans.
- In his first article he mistakes a species of the myriapod genus Glomeris for the isopod genus Armadillo. Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work
- Isopods and amphipods spend low tide buried in wrack, where variation in temperature and humidity is strongly damped relative to the exposed intertidal surface.
- Isopods are negatively phototactic (reathey ct to light by moving away from it), and usually remain hidden under rocks and debris. Crustacea
- In a recent study, we have showed that in these lakes, stonewort ecotype isopods were smaller in body size and had lighter body pigmentation PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
- This is a kelp forest: few fish, but sightings of ghost shrimp, lumpsucker, scorpionfish, nudibranchs, comb jellyfish and isopods can be expected.
- The molting style of isopods provides the final problem for the interpretation of fossil isopods.
- Studies of fouled arthropods include horseshoe crabs, isopods, stomatopods, lobsters, and true crabs.
- 4. The names of both groups end with the suffix pod; a gastropod is a "stomach-foot", while an isopod is an "equal-foot". Archive 2007-08-01
- Shelled invertebrates also have a home in the collection, including a giant marine isopod (pill bug) from the deep sea below.