- Saduria entomon
Taxobox
name = "Saduria entomon"
status = secure
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
subphylum = Crustacea
classis =Malacostraca
ordo =Isopoda
familia =Chaetiliidae
genus = "Saduria "
species = "S. entomon"
binomial = "Saduria entomon"
binomial_authority = Linnaeus, 1758"Saduria entomon" ( _fi. kilkki, _sv. skorv) is a benthic isopod, or an "aquatic sow bug", common in the
Baltic Sea . It is one of the Baltic's glacialrelict s, which dispersed to the Baltic pool in the end of the last ice age around 5000 BCE. "Saduria" is one of the largest crustaceans in the Baltic Sea, the largest ones in the deeps of the Gulf of Bothnia being almost convert|10|cm|in|0 in length."S. entomon" is a predator that feeds on other benthic animals, such as "
Monoporeia affinis ". It has also been observed to be a cannibal as well as acarrion eater.References
* [http://www.itameriportaali.fi/fi/sanasto/fi_FI/kilkki/ The Baltic Sea Portal] of FIMR (Finnish Institute of Marine Research), in Finnish (includes a photo) Accessed on
May 15 ,2007 .
* [http://www.vattenkikaren.gu.se/fakta/arter/crustace/isopoda/saduento/saduene.html Aquascope] of Tjärnö Marine Biological Laboratory. Accessed onMay 10 ,2005 .
*ITIS|taxon=Saduria entomon|ID=92646|date = February 1|year = 2006
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