Pentidotea resecata, the eelgrass isopod, is a species of isopod in the family Idoteidae. It is found in North America, along the Pacific coast from Alaska and British Columbia south to Baja California Sur, and inhabits the shallow intertidal.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Eelgrass Isopod being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Idotea fewkesi
- Pentidotea montereyensis
- Paridotea ungulata
- Euidotea peronii
- Idotea granulosa
- Pentidotea stenops
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Isopoda
- Family
- Idoteidae
- Genus
- Pentidotea
- Species
- Pentidotea resecata
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