Bodotria scorpioides
Bodotria scorpioides is a species of crustacean belonging to the order Cumacea.[1] They are found in the East Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.[2] B. scorpioides does not possess a free telson. The first thoracic somite is too short to be seen from above, the second is longer.[2] Both males and females have exopods (outer branches) on the first pereopods only.[2]
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| Male Bodotria scorpioides | |
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| Female Bodotria scorpioides | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Superorder: | Peracarida |
| Order: | Cumacea |
| Family: | Bodotriidae |
| Genus: | Bodotria |
| Species: | B. scorpioides |
| Binomial name | |
| Bodotria scorpioides (Montagu, 1804) | |
References
- Les Watling (June 12, 2011). Les Watling (ed.). "Bodotria scorpioides (Montagu, 1804)". World Cumacea database. World Register of Marine Species.
- M. J. de Kluijver & S. S. Ingalsuo. "Bodotria scorpioides (Montagu, 1804)". Macrobenthos of the North Sea: Crustacea in Marine Species Identification Portal. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
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