Isopoda

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Isopoda is an order of crustaceans that includes woodlice and related species, characterized by their flattened bodies and diverse habitats ranging from marine and freshwater environments to terrestrial ecosystems.

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Label Occurrences
Isopoda canonical 1
Oniscidea 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf order of crustaceans
class Malacostraca
defenseMechanism conglobation in some terrestrial species
describedBy Pierre André Latreille
ecologicalRole decomposers of organic matter
prey for fish and other animals
feedingType carnivorous
detritivorous
herbivorous
parasitic
habitat caves
deep-sea environments
freshwater environments
intertidal zones
marine environments
soil and leaf litter
terrestrial environments
hasAbdominalSegments six abdominal segments
hasAntennae two pairs of antennae
hasBodyShape dorsoventrally flattened
hasBroodPouch marsupium in females
hasCommonName isopods
hasExoskeleton chitinous exoskeleton
hasEyes usually compound eyes
hasSuborder Asellota
Calabozoidea
Cymothoida
Microcerberidea
Isopoda self-linksurface differs
surface form: Oniscidea

Phreatoicidea
Sphaeromatidea
Valvifera
hasThoracicSegments seven pairs of thoracic segments with legs
hasUropods pair of uropods at posterior end
includesCommonName pill bugs
sea slaters
sow bugs
woodlice
includesParasiticTaxa Bopyridae
Cymothoidae
kingdom Animalia
locomotion walking with thoracic legs
phylum Arthropoda
reproduction direct development without free-swimming larval stage
respiration gills in aquatic species
pseudotracheae in many terrestrial species
subphylum Crustacea
superorder Peracarida
taxonRank order
yearDescribed 1817

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Malacostraca hasOrder Isopoda
Isopoda hasSuborder Isopoda self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Oniscidea