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World List of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans
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Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B.; Taiti, S. (Eds) (2024). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Accessed at https://www.marinespecies.org/isopoda on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.14284/365
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A world checklist of marine, freshwater and terrestrial Isopoda, compiled by taxonomic experts and based on peer-reviewed literature. meer
Isopods are generally small crustaceans, usually with seven pairs of legs that range in size from 300 micrometres (Microcerberidae) to nearly 50 centimetres (Bathynomus). Their name, meaning "like-foot" or similar (iso) and foot (pod), probably comes from early zoologists' familiarity with the common terrestrial "slaters" or "woodlice" (other names: cloportes, pissebedden, pillbugs, roly-polies, sowbugs). The isopods are diverse, with 10 425 species found in all ecosystems from the deepest oceans to montane terrestrial habitats as well as deep underground in caves or aquifers. Isopods are thought of as dorsoventrally flattened, as in the typical terrestrial slater, and indeed many species fit this morphological stereotype. Isopods from deep sea and groundwater habitats, and especially parasitic taxa, may depart considerably from this typical body plan. The isopods belong to the well-known crustacean group, Malacostraca, which includes familiar crustaceans such as shrimp, crabs, lobsters and krill. Unlike those malacostracans with an obvious carapace, isopods lack one. Isopods belong to the superorder Peracarida, which includes a diverse array of taxa that all brood their young in a ventral pouch between their legs. Isopods are unique among these crustaceans for many reasons. Because they lack a carapace, the gills, which are covered by the carapace in other groups, are absent, so they breathe using specialised lamellar gill-like pleopods ("swimming limbs") on the posterior section of the body. In many terrestrial isopods, the pleopods bear respiratory structures similar to lungs. Internally, the heart is positioned in the posterior section of the thorax to provide increased circulation for the gills. Unlike all other crustaceans, the isopods shed their cuticle (a process called ecdysis) in two steps (biphasic molting). This site has the following aims:
This list began as an initiative of the US National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, maintained by the late Brian Kensley and Marilyn Schotte (now retired). It grew into a valuable resource for providing nomenclature on the Isopoda and was hosted for many years at http://invertebrates.si.edu/isopod/. This list has now been migrated to http://www.marinespecies.org, and updated with more detailed information on synonymies and distributions as well as a capability to host more information, such as images, original literature, and specimen data. Scope Thema's: Biologie, Biologie > Ecologie - biodiversiteit, Biologie > Invertebraten Kernwoorden: Marien/Kust, Zoet water, Brak water, Terrestrisch, Classificatie, Mariene invertebraten, Soorten, Taxonomie, World, Isopoda Geografische spreiding World [Marine Regions] Spreiding in de tijd
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Isopoda [WoRMS]
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Boyko, Christopher, data creator, data beheerder, taxonomische editor Bruce, Niel, data creator, taxonomische editor Hadfield, Kerry A., data creator, taxonomische editor Merrin, Kelly, data creator, taxonomische editor Ota, Yuzo, data creator, taxonomische editor Poore, Gary, data creator, taxonomische editor Taiti, Stefano, data creator, taxonomische editor Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), meer, databank ontwikkelaar
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Gepubliceerd in: WoRMS: World Register of Marine Species, meer Dataset status: Gestart
Data type: Data
Data oorsprong: Literatuurstudie
Metadatarecord aangemaakt: 2012-07-13
Informatie laatst gewijzigd: 2024-01-11
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