Idotea

Idotea
Idotea balthica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Isopoda
Family:	Idoteidae
Genus:	Idotea Fabricius, 1798 [1]
Type species
Cymothoa emarginata Fabricius, 1793

Idotea is a genus of isopod crustaceans, 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.^[2] The genus Idotea includes the following species:^[3]

• 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

See also

• Pentidotea wosnesenskii

References

1. "Idotea". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
2. 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.
3. Gary Poore & Marilyn Schotte (2011). M. Schotte, C. B. Boyko, N. L. Bruce, G. C. B. Poore, S. Taiti & G. D. F. Wilson, ed. "Idotea Fabricius, 1798". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 7, 2012.