Iais floridana

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Iais floridana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Janiridae
Genus: Iais
Species:
I. floridana
Binomial name
Iais floridana
Kensley & Schotte, 1999

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

  1. 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.
  2. "Iais floridana". Nemesis. Smithsonian Environmental Research Center.