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Idotea

Idotea
Idotea baltica.jpg
Idotea balthica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Idoteidae
Genus: Idotea
Fabricius, 1798 
Type species
Cymothoa emarginata
Fabricius, 1793

Idotea is a genus of isopod crustaceans, mostly from cold temperate waters. The taxonomy of the genus is still in doubt, and many of the currently recognised species may be taxonomic synonyms, and others may be moved to different genera. The genus Idotea includes the following species:



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