DeCS

Descriptor English:

Isopoda

Descriptor Spanish:

Isópodos

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	Isopoda
Entry term(s)	isópodos
Scope note:	Uno de los órdenes más extensos de CRUSTACEA principalmente marinos que contiene más de 10.000 especies. Como el orden AMPHIPODA, el otro gran orden del superorden Peracarida, sus miembros tienen forma de gamba, ojos compuestos sésiles y no poseen concha. Pero al contrario que los Amphipoda, poseen pleopodos abdominales (modificados como branquias) y su cuerpo es aplanado dorsoventralmente.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Isópodes

Descriptor French:

Isopoda

Entry term(s):

Isopodes

Tree number(s):

B01.050.500.131.365.400

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D033321

Scope note:

One of the largest orders of mostly marine CRUSTACEA, containing over 10,000 species. Like AMPHIPODA, the other large order in the superorder Peracarida, members are shrimp-like in appearance, have sessile compound eyes, and no carapace. But unlike Amphipoda, they possess abdominal pleopods (modified as gills) and their bodies are dorsoventrally flattened.

Allowable Qualifiers:

AH anatomie et histologie
CH composition chimique
CL classification
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
GE génétique
IM immunologie
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PH physiologie
PS parasitologie
PY pathogénicité
RE effets des radiations
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie

DeCS ID:

36555

Unique ID:

D033321

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Date Established:

2003/01/01

Date of Entry:

2002/07/03

Revision Date:

2009/07/06