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List of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans NMNH Home | Invertebrate Zoology Home |
Excorallana tricornis is a common corallanid isopod found in Florida, the Caribbean and the
Gulf of Mexico. It lives in intertidal coral rubble, in coarse sediments
in Syringodium and Thalassia seagrass beds, and in deeper
waters on brown alga Turbinaria, on Madracis sp. sponge,
on Agaricia sp. coral, on the gills of rays Aetobatus narinari and Dasyatis, and on squirrel fish. A closely related subspecies, E. tricornis occidentalis, is found on the Pacific coast from Mexico
to Panama. (Click
here for higher resolution image.) Dynamenella
perforata is a shallow-water sphaeromatid isopod which inhabits intertidal coral
rubble and algae. It has also been found living under the chiton Acanthopleura
granulata. Distribution of D. perforata: Bermuda to Puerto
Rico; Dominican Republic; Cuba and Trinidad & Tobago. (Click here for higher resolution image.) |