Isopod

Paracerceis sculpta

• Group: Other

A small marine isopod of shallow water, this species creeps over the bottom gathering surface deposits. Males of its kind develop differently sized forms, a quirk well studied in the laboratory.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Isopoda › Sphaeromatidae › Paracerceis

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 261827.