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What is an isopod?

What is an isopod? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any of very many crustaceans, of the order Isopoda, that have a flattened body and no carapace.
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The male of this isopod, which inhabits the bay of Christiansand, is not yet known.
The Socorro isopod is a member of the order Isopoda, which is distinguished from other orders of the class Crustacea by its flattened body and seven pairs of legs.
Bucholz has recently described a new kind of isopod, allied to the lyriopes, which lives on the Hemioniscus.
It can be found sporadically in mudflat areas as can the isopod Chiridotea caeca.
Other faunal groups, such as the polychaete worms and isopod crustaceans, appear to be endemic to certain specific plains and basins.
This little crustacean is associated in its work on submerged timber with the isopod Limnoria lignorum.

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