22.03.2024
Brucethoa isro
For Prelims: About Brucethoa isro,What are Isopods?, Features |
Why in the news?
Researchers recently named a new species of deep-sea isopod discovered off the Kerala coast after the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).
About Brucethoa isro:
What are Isopods?
Features:
○They are one of the most morphologically diverse of all the crustacean groups, coming in many different shapes and sizes
○Isopods often do not look alike, but they do have common features. For example, all isopods have two pairs of antennae, compound eyes and four sets of jaws. Their body consists of seven segments, each with its own pair of walking legs.
○Isopods have a short abdominal section composed of six segments, called “pleons,” and one or more of these segments is fused into a tail section.
○About half of the known species of isopods live in the ocean. Others live in coastal and shelf waters, moving around on the seafloor or living in plants.
○Most of them are free-living, but a number of marine species are parasitic on other animals.
Source: The Hindu