isopod

How To Use isopod In A Sentence

• Several clam species were observed on the sandier flats, and small crabs, amphipods, and isopods were available on the marsh surface.
• The most striking characteristic of isopods is their dorsoventral compression. Crustacea
• Foods eaten include trichopteran larvae, tendepedid larvae, cladocerans, isopods, crayfish, and copepods.
• These include the isopod Saduria entomon, the amphipod Monoporeia affinis, the Baltic mussel Macoma bathica, a few semi-pelagic opossum shrimp species (Mysidae) and the common sea snail Liparis liparis. Kvarken Archipelago High Coast, Finland and Sweden
• Invertebrate stocks that colonized Ascension underwent a variety of evolutionary changes including phyletic evolution leading to endemic status, adaptation to subterranean life (Araneae, Pseudoscorpiones, Collembola, and Psocoptera), character release (phorid Diptera), and probably splitting of lineages (speciation) within the island (Isopoda, Collembola, and gryllid Orthoptera). Ascension scrub and grasslands
• The body of isopods is divided into three sections; the cephalothorax, the thorax and the abdomen. Crustacea
• The animal at the left is an Australian Slater, or terrestrial isopod from Lord Howe Island.
• As part of the ANDEEP (Antarctic Benthic Deep-Sea Biodiversity) Project, scientists “spotted 674 species of isopod (a diverse order of crustaceans), most of which had never previously been described; more than 200 polychaete species (marine worms), 81 of which were found to be new species; and 76 sponges, 17 of which had previously been unknown.” Airborne-Diving in the Southern Ocean
• I could also see large marine isopods, looking like giant marine slaters, and some flower-like sea lilies (crinoids, a group of echinoderms related to starfishes).
• Most of the more recent success stories involve snails, isopods, and other marine animals that have colonized leaf litter or remained in environments close to the seashore.