Saduria
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Saduria is a genus of benthic
isopod
crustacean
s in the family Chaetiliidae
, containing the following species:
Benthos
Benthos is the community of organisms which live on, in, or near the seabed, also known as the benthic zone. This community lives in or near marine sedimentary environments, from tidal pools along the foreshore, out to the continental shelf, and then down to the abyssal depths.Many organisms...
isopod
Isopoda
Isopods are an order of peracarid crustaceans, including familiar animals such as woodlice and pill bugs. The name Isopoda derives from the Greek roots and...
crustacean
Crustacean
Crustaceans form a very large group of arthropods, usually treated as a subphylum, which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles. The 50,000 described species range in size from Stygotantulus stocki at , to the Japanese spider crab with a leg span...
s in the family Chaetiliidae
Chaetiliidae
Chaetiliidae is a family of isopod crustaceans in the suborder Valvifera, comprising the following genera:*Austrochaetilia Poore, 1978*Chaetilia Dana, 1849*Chiridotea Harger, 1878*Chiriscus Richardson, 1911*Glyptonotus Eights, 1852...
, containing the following species:
- Saduria entomonSaduria entomonSaduria entomon is a benthic isopod crustacean of the family Chaetiliidae. It is distributed along the coasts of the Arctic Ocean and of the northern Pacific Ocean. It is also found in the brackish Baltic Sea, where it is considered a glacial relict. Moreover it is present in a number of North...
(Linnaeus, 1758) - Saduria megalura (G. O. Sars, 1879)
- Saduria sabini (Krøyer, 1849)
- Saduria sibirica (Birula, 1896)