APHOTOMARINE

An Educational Photographic Resource and Stock Image Library
of the Sea, Maritime Environment, Marine and Rockpool Life in the
Coastal Waters of South-West England by David Fenwick.

Idotea metallica Bosc, 1802 - An Isopod (Isopoda Images)
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Isopod
Idotea metallica
- pair animals with rule 1

Isopod
Idotea metallica
- pair animals 1

Isopod
Idotea metallica
- animal top view 1

Isopod
Idotea metallica
- animal underside 1

Image of species taken at home from material preserved in alcohol and kindly supplied by Dr. Paul Gainey. Species was found in a bait pot that had drifted across the Atlantic and onto a beach in North Cornwall. Photographed 12.01.12.

Idotea marginata is a pelagic species and not found in weed or under stones in the UK, unless it has by chance arrived on flotsam; and survived given suitable conditions.

Idotea metallica Marine Animal Resembling Woodlouse Isopoda Images
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