Iais is a genus of isopod crustaceans. Iais species are found in association with larger isopods of the family Sphaeromatidae, usually on the ventral surface of the larger animal, between the pereiopods and on the pleopods.[2] They are native to Australasia and South America, although Iais californica and its host Sphaeroma quoyanum have invaded California, and I. californica was first described from Sausalito, California.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Family: | Janiridae |
| Genus: | Iais Bovallius, 1886 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Jaera pubescens Dana, 1853
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Species
editEight species are recognised:[4]
- Iais antarctica (Chappuis, 1958)
- Iais aquilei Coineau, 1977
- Iais californica (H. Richardson, 1904)
- Iais chilense (Winkler, 1992)
- Iais elongata Sivertsen & Holthuis, 1980
- Iais floridana Kensley & Schotte, 1999
- Iais pubescens (Dana, 1853)
- Iais singaporensis Menzies & Barnard, 1951
References
edit- ^ "Iais". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ D. E. Hurley (1955). "The New Zealand species of Iais (Crustacea Isopoda)". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 83 (4): 715–719.
- ^ George Rotramel (1972). "Iais californica and Sphaeroma quoyanum, two symbiotic isopods introduced to California (Isopoda, Janiridae and Sphaeromatidae)" (PDF). Crustaceana. Suppl. 3: 193–197. JSTOR 25027422.
- ^ Boyko, Christopher B. (2023). Schotte M, Boyko CB, Bruce NL, Poore GC, Taiti S, Wilson GD (eds.). "Iais". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
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