Bodotria scorpioides

Bodotria scorpioides is a species of crustacean belonging to the order Cumacea.^[1] They are found in the East Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.^[2] B. scorpioides does not possess a free telson. The first thoracic somite is too short to be seen from above, the second is longer.^[2] Both males and females have exopods (outer branches) on the first pereopods only.^[2]

Bodotria scorpioides
Male Bodotria scorpioides
Female Bodotria scorpioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Cumacea
Family:	Bodotriidae
Genus:	Bodotria
Species:	B. scorpioides
Binomial name
Bodotria scorpioides (Montagu, 1804)