Iais elongata is a species of brackish isopod, found on Inaccessible Island.[1]

Iais elongata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Janiridae
Genus: Iais
Species:
I. elongata
Binomial name
Iais elongata
Sivertsen & Holthuis, 1980

Description

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It has a long and narrow body, being around 4 times wider than it is long. It gradually widens from the first to the last pereonite and it is covered in short, widely spaced hair.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Schotte, Marilyn (2008). Schotte M, Boyko CB, Bruce NL, Poore GC, Taiti S, Wilson GD (eds.). "Iais elongata Sivertsen & Holthuis, 1980". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ Sivertsen, E.; Holthuis, L. B. (1980). "The marine isopod Crustacea of the Tristan da Cunha archipelago". Gunneria. 35: 1–128.