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