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Marine Species Identification Guide for the St. Lawrence
Invertebrates • Species
Syscenus infelix
Isopod - Isopode

Syscenus infelix
Characteristics:
• pink, pale in colour
• blind species, of large size
• narrow posterior section
• occasional parasite on the head of Nezumia sp.
May be mistaken for: Idothea baltica - other Idoteidae
Isopoda*
Family:
Aegidae
Type of measure:
Total mm
Maximum size:
45 mm
specimen identified  specimen identified
territory covered  territory covered    territory not covered  territory not covered

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