Bodotria scorpioides
Appearance
Bodotria scorpioides | |
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Male Bodotria scorpioides | |
Female Bodotria scorpioides | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Cumacea |
Family: | Bodotriidae |
Genus: | Bodotria |
Species: | B. scorpioides
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Binomial name | |
Bodotria scorpioides (Montagu, 1804)
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Bodotria scorpioides is a species of crustacean belonging to the order Cumacea.[1] They are found in the East Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.[2] B. scorpioides does not possess a free telson. The first thoracic somite is too short to be seen from above, the second is longer.[2] Both males and females have exopods (outer branches) on the first pereopods only.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Les Watling (June 12, 2011). Les Watling (ed.). "Bodotria scorpioides (Montagu, 1804)". World Cumacea database. World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ a b c M. J. de Kluijver & S. S. Ingalsuo. "Bodotria scorpioides (Montagu, 1804)". Macrobenthos of the North Sea: Crustacea in Marine Species Identification Portal. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
External links
[edit]Data related to Bodotria scorpioides at Wikispecies