Blunt-tailed Isopod

Idotea urotoma, the blunt-tailed isopod, is a species of marine isopod which can be found in the low intertidal and shallow subtidal zones, from Puget Sound in the U.S. state of Washington to Baja California in Mexico.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Blunt-tailed 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

• Euidotea bakeri
• Idotea fewkesi
• Pentidotea montereyensis
• Idotea emarginata
• Euidotea peronii

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Isopoda

Family

Idoteidae

Genus

Idotea

Species

Idotea urotoma

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