Isaea

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Isaea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Isaeidae
Genus: Isaea
H. Milne-Edwards, 1830
Species

Isaea montagui Milne-Edwards, 1830
Isaea elmhirsti Patience, 1909

Isaea is a small genus of amphipod crustaceans that live commensally on the mouthparts of other crustaceans.

Isaea montagui

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I. montagui was named in 1830 by Henri Milne-Edwards in honour of George Montagu.[1] It lives on the mouthparts of the spider crab Maja squinado, and is found from the West of Ireland to the Mediterranean Sea.[2]

Isaea elmhirsti

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I. elmhirsti was named in 1909 by Alexander Patience in honour of Richard Elmhirst, who was the director at that time of the University Marine Biological Station at Millport.[3] It lives on the mouthparts of the European lobster, Homarus gammarus, and is found from Ireland to the Bay of Biscay.[2]

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