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Iais elongata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Isopoda
Family:	Janiridae
Genus:	Iais
Species:	I. elongata
Binomial name
Iais elongata Sivertsen & Holthuis, 1980

Iais elongata is a species of brackish isopod, found on Inaccessible Island.

Description

It has a long and narrow body, being around 4 times wider than it is long. It gradually widens from the first to the last pereonite and it is covered in short, widely spaced hair.

References

1. Schotte, Marilyn (2008). Schotte M, Boyko CB, Bruce NL, Poore GC, Taiti S, Wilson GD (eds.). "Iais elongata Sivertsen & Holthuis, 1980". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans Database. World Register of Marine Species.
2. Sivertsen, E.; Holthuis, L. B. (1980). "The marine isopod Crustacea of the Tristan da Cunha archipelago". Gunneria. 35: 1–128.

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