Idotea linearis

Idotea linearis is a species of elongated isopod crustacean.

Idotea linearis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Isopoda
Family:	Idoteidae
Genus:	Idotea
Species:	I. linearis
Binomial name
Idotea linearis (Linnaeus, 1763)
Synonyms [1]
Oniscus linearis Linnaeus, 1763 Stenosoma lineare Leach, 1815 Idothea sexlineata Krøyer, 1846

Description

Idotea linearis is a narrow organism, up to seven times longer than wide. Males tend to be larger than females, and can reach 40 millimetres (1.6 in) in length.^[1]

Distribution and ecology

The distribution of Idotea linearis extends from the North Sea south to Morocco and the Mediterranean Sea. It lives below the littoral zone, and can often be seen swimming near sandy shores at low tide.^[1]