Iais elongata
| Iais elongata | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Family: | Janiridae |
| Genus: | Iais |
| Species: | I. elongata |
| Binomial name | |
| Iais elongata Sivertsen & Holthuis, 1980 | |
Iais elongata is a species of brackish isopod, found on Inaccessible Island.[1]
Description
It has a long and narrow body, being around 4 times wider than it is long. It gradually widens from the first to the last pereonite and it is covered in short, widely spaced hair.[2]
References
- ^ Schotte, Marilyn (2008). Schotte M, Boyko CB, Bruce NL, Poore GC, Taiti S, Wilson GD (eds.). "Iais elongata Sivertsen & Holthuis, 1980". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans Database. World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Sivertsen, E.; Holthuis, L. B. (1980). "The marine isopod Crustacea of the Tristan da Cunha archipelago". Gunneria. 35: 1–128.