AuthorNaylor, E.
Year1972
TitleBritish Marine Isopods
ISBN0.12.515150.0
SeriesSynopses of the British Fauna (New Series)
TypeBook/Report
How CompleteAll the British littoral species known at the time. The families Desmosomatidae, Eurycopidae and Monnopsidae are included in the family key but taken no further.
SourceSynopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 3, 86pp, The Linnean Society of London
IllustrationsLine drawings
Review (by Malcolm Storey)A guide to the numerous small free-living and parasitic woodlouse-like creatures to be found in rock pools, amongst sponges, algae and the holdfasts of seaweeds, etc and even in the sand of the littoral zone.
Examine Stereo Microscope ( Compound Microscope is also useful)
Specimen PreparationDissection sometimes needed. Glycerin is a suitable medium and they may be mounted in glycerin jelly.

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationSupersededISOPODAwoodlice, waterlice and sea slatersAnimalia
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