''Idotea'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of isopod

crustacean Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean group can ...

s, mostly from cold

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waters. The taxonomy of the genus is still in doubt, and many of the currently recognised species may be taxonomic synonyms, and others may be moved to different genera.

Species

The genus ''Idotea'' includes the following species: *'' Idotea aleutica'' Gurjanova, 1933 *'' Idotea balthica'' (Pallas, 1772) *'' Idotea brevicauda'' Dana, 1853 *'' Idotea brevicorna'' Milne-Edwards, 1840 *'' Idotea chelipes'' (Pallas, 1766) *'' Idotea danai'' Miers, 1881 *'' Idotea delfini'' Porter, 1903 *'' Idotea emarginata'' (Fabricius, 1793) *'' Idotea fewkesi'' Richardson, 1905 *'' Idotea granulosa'' Rathke, 1843 *'' Idotea gurjanovae'' Kussakin, 1974 *'' Idotea indica'' Milne-Edwards, 1840 *'' Idotea linearis'' (Linnaeus, 1766) *'' Idotea metallica'' Bosc, 1802 *'' Idotea neglecta'' Sars, 1897 *'' Idotea obscura'' Rafi, 1972 *'' Idotea ochotensis'' Brandt, 1851 *'' Idotea orientalis'' Gurjanova, 1933 *'' Idotea ostroumovi'' Sowinsky, 1895 *'' Idotea pelagica'' Leach, 1815 *'' Idotea phosphorea'' Harger, 1873 *'' Idotea rufescens'' Fee, 1926 *'' Idotea spasskii'' Gurjanova, 1950 *'' Idotea urotoma'' Stimpson, 1864 *'' Idotea whymperi'' Miers, 1881 *'' Idotea ziczac'' Barnard, 1951

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