Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Crustacea Family Bodotriidae Scientific name Bodotria scorpioides Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Cumacea Genus Bodotria Higher classification Bodotria | |
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Similar Bodotria, Cumacea, Crustacean, Bodotriidae, Pseudocuma | ||
Bodotria scorpioides is a species of crustacean belonging to the order Cumacea and the genus Bodotria. They are found in the East Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. B. scorpioides does not possess a free telson. The first thoracic somite is too short to be seen from above, the second is longer. Both males and females have exopods (outer branches) on the first pereopods only.
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