Isopod

Cymodoce fuscina

• Group: Other
• For divers: safe

A small isopod of the continental shelf, this species turns up from the intertidal to subtidal zones among algae and seagrass and inside dead corals, barnacles and oyster shells. Its genus is known to graze plants and prey on sponges.

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

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 293265.