Limnoria Leach, 1814

Song, Ji-Hun, Park, Taeseo, Kim, Won & Min, Gi-Sik, 2017, Arcturina serrulatus sp. nov. and a new record of Limnoria rhombipunctata (Crustacea: Malacostraca: Isopoda) from South Korea, Zootaxa 4286 (3), pp. 411-424 : 418

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4286.3.8
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5999109
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scientific name	Limnoria Leach, 1814
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Genus Limnoria Leach, 1814 View in CoL

Diagnosis. Antennular flagellum with 3–4 articles. Antennal flagellum articles with 3–5 articles. Uropodal exopod much shorter than endopod. Uropodal endopod blunt, without claw. Pereopod 1 secondary unguis bifid or variable ( Cookson 1991).

Remarks. Limnoria is a large genus, numbering 53 species, all of which inhabit or bore wood, marine algae, and seagrass ( Cookson 2001; Schotte 2007; Yoshino et al. 2017). The most recent generic revision is that of Cookson (1991).