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Baltic Isopod (Idotea balthica)

Baltic Isopod (Idotea balthica)

from $50.00

Common name:  Baltic isopod

Scientific name:  Idotea balthica

Locations:  sea bed near seaweed and eelgrass

Seasonality:  available all year

Colors:  green, brown, white spotted or striped

Size: 1/4”

Collected:  by hand

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Baltic isopod (Idotea balthica).

Baltic isopod (Idotea balthica).

Tidepool Tim says,  “This species of isopod eats seaweeds! They live in shallow areas inhabited by algae and eelgrass. Look for three thorns on their tail plate to know you’ve got one.”

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Long-clawed Hermit Crab (Pagurus longicarpus)

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Gulf of Maine Mixed Marine Copepods (Calanidae spp.)

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Bent Mysid Shrimp (Mysis spp.)

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Jonah Crab (Cancer borealis)

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Striped Barnacle (Balanus amphitrite)

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