Order

Isopoda (Isopods)

Gnorimosphaeroma oregonense. Photo: (c) Erin McKittrick, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Isopoda is an order of crustaceans that includes woodlice and their relatives. Isopods live in the sea, in fresh water, or on land. All have rigid, segmented exoskeletons, two pairs of antennae, seven pairs of jointed limbs on the thorax, and five pairs of branching appendages on the abdomen that are used in respiration. Females brood their young in a pouch under their thorax. Isopods have various feeding methods: some eat dead or decaying plant and…

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) (9)
        Suborder: Cymothoida (Predaceous and parasitic isopods) (4)
        Suborder: Oniscidea (Woodlice, pillbugs, and rock slaters) (7)
        Suborder: Sphaeromatidea (Seapills and allies) (1)
        Suborder: Limnoriidea (Gribbles and allies) (1)

Subtaxa

Suborder: Valvifera (Valvetails)

Suborder: Cymothoida (Predaceous and parasitic isopods)

Suborder: Oniscidea (Woodlice, pillbugs, and rock slaters)

Suborder: Sphaeromatidea (Seapills and allies)

Suborder: Limnoriidea (Gribbles and allies)

Where in Humboldt

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