Genus

Pentidotea

Pentidotea wosnesenskii. Photo: (c) Robin Gwen Agarwal, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Pentidotea is a genus of isopods in the family Idoteidae. There are about 13 described species in Pentidotea.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Crustacea (Crustaceans)
      - Superclass: Multicrustacea (Typical crustaceans)
        Class: Malacostraca (Malacostracans)
        Subclass: Eumalacostraca (Decapods, isopods, and allies)
        Superorder: Peracarida (Amphipods, isopods, and allies)
        Order: Isopoda (Isopods)
        Suborder: Valvifera (Valvetails)
        Family: Idoteidae (Common valvetails)
        Genus: Pentidotea
        Species: Pentidotea montereyensis
        Species: Pentidotea stenops (Seaweed isopod)
        Species: Pentidotea wosnesenskii (Rockweed isopod)
        Species: Pentidotea schmitti
        Species: Pentidotea resecata (Eelgrass isopod)

Subtaxa

Species: Pentidotea montereyensis

Species: Pentidotea stenops (Seaweed isopod)

Species: Pentidotea wosnesenskii (Rockweed isopod)

Species: Pentidotea schmitti

Species: Pentidotea resecata (Eelgrass isopod)

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