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Family: Idoteidae



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199 species (see list below)
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Austridotea annectens
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Austridotea benhami
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Austridotea lacustris
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Austridotea rotundicauda
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Batedotea elongata
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Cleantiella isopus
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Cleantiella strasseni
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Colidotea edmondsoni
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Colidotea findleyi
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Colidotea rostrata
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Colidotea wallersteini
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Crabyzos elongatus
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Crabyzos longicaudatus
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Edotia acuta
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Edotia bilobata
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Edotia chilensis
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Edotia corrugata
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Edotia dahli
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Edotia doellojuradoi
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Edotia lilljeborgi
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Edotia lyonsi
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Edotia magellanica
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Edotia montosa
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Edotia oculata
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Edotia oculopetiolata
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Edotia pulchra
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Edotia samariensis
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Edotia sublittoralis
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Edotia tangaroa
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Edotia transversa
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Edotia triloba
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Edotia tuberculata
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Engidotea cristata
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Engidotea lobata
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Erichsonella attenuata
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Erichsonella cortezi
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Erichsonella crenulata
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Erichsonella filiformis
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Erichsonella floridana
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Erichsonella isabelensis
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Erichsonella nordenskjoeldi
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Erichsonella pseudoculata
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Euidotea bakeri
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Euidotea caeruleotincta
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Euidotea danai
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Euidotea distincta
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Euidotea durvillei
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Euidotea halei
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Euidotea ocellata
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Euidotea peronii
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Euidotea stricta
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Eusymmerus antennatus
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Eusymmerus pseudoculata
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Glyptidotea lichtensteini
[Keeled isopod]
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Idotea aculeata
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Idotea aleutica
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Atlantic Ocean and the Me

Idotea balthica (Pallas, 1772)

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Idotea balthica
[Baltic isopod]
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Idotea brevicauda
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Idotea brevicorna
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Idotea brevicornis
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Idotea carinata
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Idotea chelipes
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Idotea danai
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Idotea delfini
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Idotea duplicata
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Northeast Atlantic

Idotea emarginata (Fabricius, 1793)

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Idotea emarginata
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Idotea fewkesi
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Idotea granulosa
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Idotea gurjanovae
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Idotea hectica
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Idotea indica
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Idotea linearis
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Idotea margaritacea
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Idotea metallica
[Metallic isopod]
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Idotea montereyensis
[Monterey isopod]
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Idotea neglecta
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Idotea obscura
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Idotea ochotensis
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Idotea orientalis
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Idotea ostroumovi
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Idotea pelagica
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Idotea phosphorea
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Idotea resecata
[Eelgrass isopod]
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Idotea rufescens
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Idotea spasskii
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Idotea stenops
[Feather boa isopod]
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Idotea urotoma
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Idotea whymperi
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Idotea ziczac
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Lyidotea nodata
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Moplisa sphaeromiformis
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Parasymmerus annamaryae
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Paridotea apposita
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Paridotea aquarii
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Paridotea collingei
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Paridotea fucicola
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Paridotea miersi
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Paridotea munda
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Paridotea ocellata
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Paridotea panousei
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Paridotea reticulata
[Reticulate kelp louse]
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Paridotea robusta
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Paridotea rubra
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Paridotea simplex
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Paridotea ungulata
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Pentias arimotoi
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Pentias hayi
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Pentias namikawai
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Pentias thompsoni
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Pentidotea aculeata
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Pentidotea australis
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Pentidotea kirchanskii
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Pentidotea montereyensis
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Pentidotea recta
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Pentidotea resecata
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Pentidotea rotundata
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Pentidotea schmitti
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Pentidotea stenops
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Pentidotea wosnesenskii
[Vosnesensky's isopod]
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Platidotea magellanica
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Synidotea acuta
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Synidotea angulata
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Synidotea bathyalis
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Synidotea berolzheimeri
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Synidotea bicuspida
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Synidotea birsteini
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Synidotea bogorovi
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Synidotea brazhnikovi
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Synidotea brunnea
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Synidotea calcarea
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Synidotea cinerea
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Synidotea consolidata
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Synidotea cornuta
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Synidotea epimerata
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Synidotea erosa
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Synidotea ezoensis
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Synidotea fecunda
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Synidotea fluviatilis
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Synidotea fosteri
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Synidotea francesae
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Synidotea grisea
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Synidotea hanumantharaoi
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Synidotea harfordi
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Synidotea hikigawaensis
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Synidotea hirtipes
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Synidotea indica
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Synidotea ishimarui
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Synidotea keablei
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Synidotea laevidorsalis
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Synidotea laevis
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Synidotea lata
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Synidotea laticauda
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Synidotea littoralis
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Synidotea longicirra
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Synidotea magnifica
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Synidotea marmorata
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Synidotea marplatensis
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Synidotea media
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Synidotea minuta
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Synidotea muricata
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Synidotea nebulosa
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Synidotea neglecta
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Synidotea nipponensis
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Synidotea nodulosa
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Synidotea oahu
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Synidotea otsuchiensis
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Synidotea pacifica
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Synidotea pallida
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Synidotea pavlovskii
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Synidotea pettiboneae
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Synidotea picta
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Synidotea pulchra
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Synidotea ritteri
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Synidotea sculpta
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Synidotea setifer
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Synidotea spinosa
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Synidotea submarmorata
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Synidotea tuberculata
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Synidotea variegata
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Synidotea watsonae
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Synidotea worliensis
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Synischia hectica
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Synischia levidensis
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Synisoma acuminatum
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Synisoma albertoi
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Synisoma appendiculata
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Synisoma appendiculatum
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Synisoma bellonae
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Synisoma capito
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Synisoma carinata
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Synisoma lancifer
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Synisoma mediterranea
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Synisoma nadejda
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Synisoma pacificum
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Synisoma raquelae
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Synisoma spinosa
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Synisoma spinosum
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Synisoma teissieri
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Synisoma wetzerae
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Austridotea annectens Stewart Is. 1937
Austridotea benhami New Zealand. 1937
Austridotea lacustris Southwest Pacific 1879
Austridotea rotundicauda Southwest Pacific 1881
Batedotea elongata Southwest Pacific 1876
Cleantiella isopus China. 1881
Cleantiella strasseni Japan. 1910
Colidotea edmondsoni Hawaii, USA. 1940
Colidotea findleyi Eastern Central Pacific 1977
Colidotea rostrata California, USA. 1898
Colidotea wallersteini Eastern Central Pacific 1983
Crabyzos elongatus Southwest Pacific 1876
Crabyzos longicaudatus Indo-West Pacific 1863
Edotia acuta N.W. Atlantic. 1900
Edotia bilobata Falkland Is. 1933
Edotia chilensis Falkland Is. 1849
Edotia corrugata Falkland Is. 1957
Edotia dahli Chile. 1962
Edotia doellojuradoi Chile. 1922
Edotia lilljeborgi Chile. 1901
Edotia lyonsi Western Central Atlantic 1983
Edotia magellanica Patagonia. 1871
Edotia montosa N.W. Atlantic. 1853
Edotia oculata Falkland Is. 1901
Edotia oculopetiolata Antarctic Atlantic 1957
Edotia pulchra Weddell Sea; Antarctic Pe 1990
Edotia samariensis Colombia. 1988
Edotia sublittoralis California, USA. 1959
Edotia tangaroa Antarctic Pacific. 2006
Edotia transversa Chile. 1962
Edotia triloba Western Atlantic and East 1818
Edotia tuberculata Antarctic Ocean. 1843
Engidotea cristata Indo-West Pacific 1993
Engidotea lobata South Africa. 1881
Erichsonella attenuata Western Atlantic 1873
Erichsonella cortezi Mexico. 1977
Erichsonella crenulata California, USA. 1950
Erichsonella filiformis Western Central Atlantic 1818
Erichsonella floridana Western Central Atlantic 1901
Erichsonella isabelensis Texas, USA. 1951
Erichsonella nordenskjoeldi Patagonia. 1901
Erichsonella pseudoculata Patagonia.
Euidotea bakeri Indo-West Pacific 1917
Euidotea caeruleotincta Eastern Indian Ocean 1924
Euidotea danai Eastern Indian Ocean 1993
Euidotea distincta Eastern Indian Ocean 1843
Euidotea durvillei New Zealand. 1993
Euidotea halei Indo-West Pacific 1993
Euidotea ocellata Indo-West Pacific 1984
Euidotea peronii Indo-West Pacific 1840
Euidotea stricta Indo-West Pacific 1853
Eusymmerus antennatus Eastern Central Pacific 1899
Eusymmerus pseudoculata Eastern Central Pacific 1923
Glyptidotea lichtensteini Keeled isopod South Africa. 1843
Idotea aculeata South Africa. 1913
Idotea aleutica Bering Sea. 1933
Idotea balthica Baltic isopod Atlantic Ocean and the Me 1772
Idotea brevicauda Atlantic Ocean and the Me 1853
Idotea brevicorna Eastern Indian Ocean 1840
Idotea brevicornis Eastern Indian Ocean 1843
Idotea carinata Eastern Indian Ocean 1849
Idotea chelipes Northeast Atlantic. 1772
Idotea danai Northeast Atlantic. 1881
Idotea delfini Northeast Atlantic. 1903
Idotea duplicata Northeast Atlantic. 1941
Idotea emarginata Northeast Atlantic 1793
Idotea fewkesi Northeast Atlantic 1905
Idotea granulosa Northeast Atlantic. 1843
Idotea gurjanovae N.W. Pacific. 1974
Idotea hectica Mediterranean Sea 1772
Idotea indica Malabar, India. 1840
Idotea linearis Northeast Atlantic 1777
Idotea margaritacea Southwest Pacific 1853
Idotea metallica Metallic isopod Circumglobal. 1802
Idotea montereyensis Monterey isopod Eastern Pacific 1933
Idotea neglecta Northeast Atlantic 1897
Idotea obscura British Columbia, Canada. 1972
Idotea ochotensis Sea of Okhotsk. 1851
Idotea orientalis Sea of Japan. 1933
Idotea ostroumovi Sea of Japan. 1895
Idotea pelagica Northeast Atlantic and th 1815
Idotea phosphorea N.W. Atlantic. 1873
Idotea resecata Eelgrass isopod Eastern Pacific 1857
Idotea rufescens British Columbia, Canada. 1927
Idotea spasskii N.W. Pacific. 1950
Idotea stenops Feather boa isopod Eastern Pacific 1898
Idotea urotoma Puget Sound. 1864
Idotea whymperi Puget Sound. 1881
Idotea ziczac South Africa. 1951
Lyidotea nodata Indo-West Pacific 1929
Moplisa sphaeromiformis S. Brazil. 1946
Parasymmerus annamaryae Pacific Mexico. 1979
Paridotea apposita Gough Is. 1965
Paridotea aquarii Eastern Indian Ocean 1993
Paridotea collingei Indo-West Pacific 1993
Paridotea fucicola South Africa. 1914
Paridotea miersi Indo-West Pacific 1993
Paridotea munda Northwest Pacific. 1988
Paridotea ocellata Japan. 1984
Paridotea panousei Morocco. 1968
Paridotea reticulata Reticulate kelp louse Table Bay, South Africa. 1914
Paridotea robusta Japan. 1985
Paridotea rubra South Africa. 1914
Paridotea simplex Indo-West Pacific 1993
Paridotea ungulata Indo-West Pacific 1772
Pentias arimotoi Indo-West Pacific 1973
Pentias hayi Japan. 1904
Pentias namikawai Northwest Pacific. 2006
Pentias thompsoni Northwest Pacific. 1916
Pentidotea aculeata California, USA. 1913
Pentidotea australis Indo-West Pacific 1924
Pentidotea kirchanskii California, USA. 1970
Pentidotea montereyensis California, USA. 1933
Pentidotea recta Vancouver Is. 1990
Pentidotea resecata Vancouver Is. 1857
Pentidotea rotundata Japan. 1909
Pentidotea schmitti California, USA. 1950
Pentidotea stenops California, USA. 1898
Pentidotea wosnesenskii Vosnesensky's isopod Northern Pacific. 1851
Platidotea magellanica Strait of Magellan. 1995
Synidotea acuta Strait of Magellan. 1909
Synidotea angulata Washington, USA. 1897
Synidotea bathyalis Arctic Sea. 1955
Synidotea berolzheimeri California, USA. 1972
Synidotea bicuspida Northeast Pacific, Northw 1839
Synidotea birsteini N.W. Pacific. 1971
Synidotea bogorovi Sea of Okhotsk. 1955
Synidotea brazhnikovi Sea of Japan. 1933
Synidotea brunnea Brazil. 1975
Synidotea calcarea Tanner Canyon. 1966
Synidotea cinerea Sea of Okhotsk. 1933
Synidotea consolidata California, USA. 1857
Synidotea cornuta British Columbia, Canada. 1990
Synidotea epimerata Sea of Okhotsk. 1909
Synidotea erosa Northeast Pacific 1897
Synidotea ezoensis Japan. 1991
Synidotea fecunda Pakistan. 1994
Synidotea fluviatilis India. 1954
Synidotea fosteri Florida, USA. 2004
Synidotea francesae Eastern Central Pacific 1983
Synidotea grisea Southwest Pacific 1993
Synidotea hanumantharaoi Southwest Pacific 1983
Synidotea harfordi California, USA. 1897
Synidotea hikigawaensis Japan. 1974
Synidotea hirtipes South Africa. 1840
Synidotea indica Pakistan. 1994
Synidotea ishimarui Pakistan. 1991
Synidotea keablei Southwest Pacific 1993
Synidotea laevidorsalis Indo-West Pacific 1881
Synidotea laevis Northeast Pacific 1897
Synidotea lata N.W. Pacific. 1933
Synidotea laticauda Pacific 1897
Synidotea littoralis Pacific 1975
Synidotea longicirra Sea of Okhotsk. 1933
Synidotea magnifica California, USA. 1959
Synidotea marmorata Arctic and Northwest Atla 1867
Synidotea marplatensis Southwest Atlantic 1922
Synidotea media California, USA. 1972
Synidotea minuta British Columbia, Canada. 1990
Synidotea muricata Northern Pacific and the 1877
Synidotea nebulosa Alaska, USA. 1897
Synidotea neglecta N.W. Pacific. 1963
Synidotea nipponensis N.W. Pacific. 1985
Synidotea nodulosa Greenland. 1846
Synidotea oahu Hawaiian Islands, USA. 2004
Synidotea otsuchiensis Japan. 1985
Synidotea pacifica Japan. 1906
Synidotea pallida Northeast Pacific 1897
Synidotea pavlovskii Northeast Pacific 1955
Synidotea pettiboneae Washington, USA. 1947
Synidotea picta Alaska, USA. 1897
Synidotea pulchra N.W. Pacific. 1963
Synidotea ritteri California, USA. 1904
Synidotea sculpta Sea of Okhotsk. 1955
Synidotea setifer Western Indian Ocean 1914
Synidotea spinosa Western Indian Ocean
Synidotea submarmorata Kuril Is. 1979
Synidotea tuberculata Sea of Okhotsk. 1909
Synidotea variegata India. 1917
Synidotea watsonae Southwest Pacific 1993
Synidotea worliensis India. 1959
Synischia hectica Atlantic. 1772
Synischia levidensis Eastern Indian Ocean 1924
Synisoma acuminatum N.E. Atlantic, Med. 1815
Synisoma albertoi Spain. 2005
Synisoma appendiculata Mediterranean Sea 1816
Synisoma appendiculatum Mediterranean. 1816
Synisoma bellonae Morocco. 1968
Synisoma capito Mediterranean Sea 1837
Synisoma carinata Mediterranean Sea 1849
Synisoma lancifer Northeast Atlantic 1881
Synisoma mediterranea Tunisia. 1989
Synisoma nadejda Tunisia. 1989
Synisoma pacificum Japan. 1974
Synisoma raquelae Strait of Gibraltar. 1999
Synisoma spinosa Strait of Gibraltar. 1957
Synisoma spinosum Mediterranean. 1957
Synisoma teissieri Mediterranean. 1976
Synisoma wetzerae Mediterranean. 1991



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