Prodajus ostendensis is a species of marine isopod in the family Dajidae and is found in the North Sea. It is an ectoparasite of the opossum shrimp Gastrosaccus spinifer.[2] It is normally found living in the host's marsupium and devouring its eggs.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Family: | Dajidae |
| Genus: | Prodajus |
| Species: | P. ostendensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Prodajus ostendensis Gilson, 1909[1]
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Description
editProdajus ostendensis grows to a length of about 3 mm (0.1 in). The female has a symmetrical leaf-shaped body with the mouth on the underside and a two-lobed brood pouch enclosed by small oostegites. The segmentation is indistinct and the five pairs of pereiopods (thoracic limbs) are small and close to the mouth. The pleopods (abdominal legs) are either small or missing altogether. The male often has its segments fused together and has a relatively long pleon (abdomen).[4]
References
edit- ^ Boyko, Christopher (2013). "Prodajus ostendensis Gilson, 1909". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
- ^ Shields, Jeffrey. "Epicaridea: the parasitic isopods of Crustacea". Virginia Institute of Marine Science. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
- ^ Shimomura, Michitaka; Ohtsuka, Susumu; Naito, Kazunori (2005). "Prodajus curviabdominalis n. sp. (Isopoda: Epicaridea: Dajidae), an ectoparasite of mysids, with notes on morphological changes, behaviour and life-cycle". Systematic Parasitology. 60 (1): 39–57. doi:10.1007/s11230-004-1375-8. PMID 15791400.
- ^ de Kluijver, M.J.; Ingalsuo, S.S. "Prodajus ostendensis". Macrobenthos of the North Sea: Crustacea. Marine Species Identification Portal. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
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