Poole, Karen E.
Isaea
Sign in to saveIsaea is a small genus of amphipod crustaceans that live commensally on the mouthparts of other crustaceans.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderAmphipoda
- FamilyIsaeidae
Habitatmarine
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- ''Isaea montagui''
- ''Isaea elmhirsti''
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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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Mediterranean Sea
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Ireland
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arthropod
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taxonomy
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Bay of Biscay
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Crustacea
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commensalism
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Malacostraca
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Amphipoda
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Homarus gammarus
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University of Gothenburg
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Catalogue of Life
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Henri Milne-Edwards
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