 Dr Hiroshi Sato.JPG "Gnogylonema pulchrum (Male_ 104CE) Dr Hiroshi Sato")
Isopoda
This post was written by admin on November 27, 2009
Posted Under: Glossary
Posted Under: Glossary
An Order in the Phylum Arthropoda, Subphylum Crustacea,Isopodes have 7 pairs of legs of similar size and form,they have biphasic moulting
They are usually dorsoventrally flattened
Some of them can be the intermediate hosts for Acanthocephalans, e.g. Porcellio scaber (Common rough woodlouse)can be an intermediate host for Plagiorhynchus cylindraceus (Levri, E.P. ; Coppola, B.P. 2004)