Iais floridana
Appearance
Iais floridana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Isopoda |
Family: | Janiridae |
Genus: | Iais |
Species: | I. floridana
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Binomial name | |
Iais floridana Kensley & Schotte, 1999
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Iais floridana is a species of isopod in the family Janiridae.[1] It has a commensal relationship with another isopod, the wood-boring Sphaeroma terebrans. Its native range is unknown, but its host is native to the Indo-Pacific region. It is currently known from the Gulf and Eastern coasts of Florida, where it was first found, and described, in the 1990’s.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Schotte, Marilyn (2008). Schotte M, Boyko CB, Bruce NL, Poore GC, Taiti S, Wilson GD (eds.). "Iais floridana Kensley & Schotte, 1999". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
- ^ "Iais floridana". Nemesis. Smithsonian Environmental Research Center.