| Idotea | |
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| Idotea balthica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Family: | Idoteidae |
| Genus: | Idotea Fabricius, 179812 |
| Type species | |
| Cymothoa emarginata Fabricius, 1793
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Idotea is a genus of isopod crustaceans,12 mostly from cold temperate waters. The taxonomy of the genus is still in doubt, and many of the currently recognised species may be taxonomic synonyms, and others may be moved to different genera.3
Species
The genus Idotea includes the following species:1
- Idotea aleutica Gurjanova, 1933
- Idotea balthica (Pallas, 1772)
- Idotea brevicauda Dana, 1853
- Idotea brevicorna Milne-Edwards, 1840
- Idotea chelipes (Pallas, 1766)
- Idotea danai Miers, 1881
- Idotea delfini Porter, 1903
- Idotea emarginata (Fabricius, 1793)
- Idotea fewkesi Richardson, 1905
- Idotea granulosa Rathke, 1843
- Idotea gurjanovae Kussakin, 1974
- Idotea indica Milne-Edwards, 1840
- Idotea linearis (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Idotea metallica Bosc, 1802
- Idotea neglecta Sars, 1897
- Idotea obscura Rafi, 1972
- Idotea ochotensis Brandt, 1851
- Idotea orientalis Gurjanova, 1933
- Idotea ostroumovi Sowinsky, 1895
- Idotea pelagica Leach, 1815
- Idotea phosphorea Harger, 1873
- Idotea rufescens Fee, 1926
- Idotea spasskii Gurjanova, 1950
- Idotea urotoma Stimpson, 1864
- Idotea whymperi Miers, 1881
- Idotea ziczac Barnard, 1951
References
References
- Schotte M, Boyko CB, Bruce NL, Poore GC, Taiti S, Wilson GD, eds. (2022). "Idotea Fabricius, 1798". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- "Idotea Fabricius, 1798". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- John P. Wares; Sarah Daley; Regina Wetzer; Robert J. Toonen (2007). "An evaluation of cryptic lineages of Idotea balthica (Isopoda: Idoteidae): morphology and microsatellites". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 27 (4): 643–648. doi:10.1651/S-2825R.1.