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isopod

[ UK /ˈa‍ɪsəpˌɒd/ ]
NOUN
  1. any of various small terrestrial or aquatic crustaceans with seven pairs of legs adapted for crawling

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  • 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.
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