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| Paracerceis sculpta Holmes, 1904
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Paracerceis sculpta is a species of marine isopod between 1.3 millimetres (0.05 in) and 10.3 mm (0.41 in) in length.[1] The species lives mainly in the intertidal zone,[2] and is native to the Northeast Pacific from Southern California to Mexico, but has since been introduced to many other countries.[3] Adults are herbivorous and consume algae but juveniles are carnivorous and consume moulting females.[2] They reproduce in sponges but do not feed near them.[4]
- ^ H. Ariyama & M. Otani (2004). "Paracerceis sculpta (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae), a newly introduced species into Osaka Bay, Central Japan". Benthos Research. 59 (2): 53–59. doi:10.5179/benthos1996.59.2_53.
- ^ a b C. L. Hewitt; R. B. Martin; C. Sliwa; F. R. McEnnulty; N. E. Jones; T. Jones; S. Cooper (2002). "Paracerceis sculpta species summary". NIMPIS: National Introduced Marine Pest Information System. Retrieved May 20, 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Chad L. Hewitt & Marnie L. Campell (2001). "The Australian distribution of the introduced sphaeromatid isopod Paracerceis sculpta". Crustaceana. 74 (9): 925–936. doi:10.1163/15685400152682674.
- ^ Stephen Shuster (1987). "Alternative reproductive behaviors: three discrete male morphs in Paracerceis sculpta, an intertidal isopod from the Northern Gulf of California" (PDF). Journal of Crustacean Biology. 7 (2): 318–327. doi:10.2307/1548612. JSTOR 1548612.