Poole, Karen E.
Isaea
Sign in to saveIsaea is a small genus of amphipod crustaceans that live commensally on the mouthparts of other crustaceans.
Species
KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderAmphipoda
- FamilyIsaeidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4
- Family
- Isaeidae
- Collections
- YPM, CAS, FWRI
- Recorded in
- Bermuda, United States
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- ''Isaea montagui''
- ''Isaea elmhirsti''
- References
Isaea is a small genus of amphipod crustaceans that live commensally on the mouthparts of other crustaceans.
==Isaea montagui== I. montagui was named in 1830 by Henri Milne-Edwards in honour of George Montagu. It lives on the mouthparts of the spider crab Maja squinado, and is found from the West of Ireland to the Mediterranean Sea.
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