Pentidotea resecata

Pentidotea resecata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Isopoda
Family:	Idoteidae
Genus:	Pentidotea
Species:	P. resecata
Binomial name
Pentidotea resecata (Stimpson, 1857)
Synonyms[1]
Idotea resecata Stimpson, 1857

Pentidotea resecata, the eelgrass isopod, is a species of isopod in the family Idoteidae.[1][2][3] It is found in North America, along the Pacific coast from Alaska and British Columbia south to Baja California Sur, and inhabits the shallow intertidal.[4]

References

1. "Pentidotea resecata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Pentidotea resecata". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Pentidotea resecata species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
4. "The Idoteidae (Crustacea: Isopoda: Valvifera) of the shallow waters of the northeastern North Pacific". Canadian Journal of Zoology. Retrieved 2024-12-05.

Further reading

• Menzies, Robert J. (1950). "The Taxonomy, Ecology, and Distribution of Northern California Isopods of the Genus Idothea with the Description of a New Species". The Wasmann Journal of Biology. 8 (2): 155–195.