Iais elongata

Iais elongata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Isopoda
Family:	Janiridae
Genus:	Iais
Species:	I. elongata
Binomial name
	Iais elongata; Sivertsen & Holthuis, 1980

Last updated December 06, 2025

Iais elongata is a species of brackish isopod, found on Inaccessible Island.^[1]

Description

It has a long and narrow body, being around 4 times wider than it is long. It gradually widens from the first to the last pereonite and it is covered in short, widely spaced hair.^[2]

References

↑ Schotte, Marilyn (2008). Schotte M, Boyko CB, Bruce NL, Poore GC, Taiti S, Wilson GD (eds.). "Iais elongata Sivertsen & Holthuis, 1980". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans Database. World Register of Marine Species.
↑ Sivertsen, E.; Holthuis, L. B. (1980). "The marine isopod Crustacea of the Tristan da Cunha archipelago". Gunneria. 35: 1–128.

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[1] Schotte, Marilyn (2008). Schotte M, Boyko CB, Bruce NL, Poore GC, Taiti S, Wilson GD (eds.). "Iais elongata Sivertsen & Holthuis, 1980". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans Database. World Register of Marine Species.

[2] Sivertsen, E.; Holthuis, L. B. (1980). "The marine isopod Crustacea of the Tristan da Cunha archipelago". Gunneria. 35: 1–128.

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