Isopoda
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{{Taxobox
| color = pink
| name = Isopods
| image = Eoph_MagelaT_site2.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = Eophreatoicus
(a freshwater isopod from Australia)
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Arthropoda
| subphylum = Crustacea
| classis = Malacostraca
| ordo = Isopoda
| ordo_authority = Latreille, 1817
| subdivision_ranks = Suborders
| subdivision =
Anthuridea
Asellota
Calabozoida
Epicaridea
Flabellifera
Microcerberidea
Oniscidea
Phreatoicidea
Valvifera
}}
Isopods are one of the most diverse orders of Crustaceans, with many species living in all environments, and are common in shallow marine waters. Unlike most crustaceans, isopods are successful on land (suborder Oniscidea, woodlice), although their greatest diversity remains in the deep sea (suborder Asellota). The isopods are an ancient group with fossils known from the Carboniferous (suborder Phreatoicidea, family Paleophreatoicidae) that only differ slightly from modern southern hemisphere freshwater phreatoicideans.
See also
External links
- Smithsonian Institution World List of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans
- Buz Wilson's Isopod Sites Page
- suborder Phreatoicidea
- suborder Asellota
- suborder Oniscidea
- Prof. Chuck Holliday's Research Page, Prof. Chuck Holliday, Dept. of Biology, Lafayette College. Contains links to articles on osmoregulation in isopods and other crustaceans.
References
Isopoda referencesde:Asseln fr:Isopoda nl:Pissebedden ja:ワラジムシ目 fi:Siirat