Pacific Bopyrid Isopod [Pseudione californiensis]
Description
Pseudione californiensis is a species of bopyrid isopod native to the Pacific Ocean. It is known to inhabit the gill chambers of the Pacific sanddab, Citharichthys sordidus. Male and female individuals exhibit significant differences in size and morphology.
Taxonomy
| Phylum |
Arthropods
Arthropoda
|
|---|---|
| Class |
Crustaceans
Malacostraca
|
| Order |
Isopods
Isopoda
|
| Family |
Parasitic Isopods
Bopyridae
|
| Genus |
Pseudione
Pseudione
|