isopod

[ ahy-suh-pod ]

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noun

any freshwater, marine, or terrestrial crustacean of the order or suborder Isopoda, having seven pairs of legs typically adapted for crawling, and a dorsoventrally flattened body, and including wood lice, several aquatic parasites of crabs and shrimps, and numerous swimming or bottom-dwelling species.

isopod

/ ˈaɪsəʊˌpɒd; aɪˈsɒpədən /

any crustacean of the order Isopoda, including woodlice and pill bugs, in which the body is flattened dorsoventrally

isopod

/ ī′sə-pŏd′ /

Any of numerous mostly small crustaceans of the order Isopoda, characterized by a flattened body usually bearing seven pairs of legs. Isopods include the sow bugs, pill bugs, and gribbles.

Origin of isopod¹

From the New Latin word Isopoda, dating back to 1825–35. See iso-, -pod

Some tanks also included the centimeters-long Idotea balthica, a type of isopod crustacean, while others didn’t.

When isopods were present, fertilization success was about 20 times as high as in their absence.

They also may include giant isopods, which burrow into the body.

In his paper on the development of the fresh-water Isopod, Asellus, Rathke returns to this point.

This little crustacean is associated in its work on submerged timber with the isopod Limnoria lignorum.

The male of this isopod, which inhabits the bay of Christiansand, is not yet known.

The marine isopod Idotea entomon, related to the common wood-louse, has a similar distribution.

Bucholz has recently described a new kind of isopod, allied to the lyriopes, which lives on the Hemioniscus.

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