Status:
Native
ID Difficulty
Identification
A small, elongate species (females up to 2.5 mm, males up to 1.5 mm) with very short antennae and uropods. The front of the cephalon has characteristic projections. The male preoperculum is subtriangular.
Joeropsis brevicornis Koehler, 1885
Distribution and Habitat
Found intertidally on sponges, bryozoans, etc., mainly in the south-west and Channel Islands.
References
Naylor, E. & A. Brandt. 2015. Intertidal Marine Isopods. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), No. 3. Field Studies Council, for The Linnean Society of London.
BRC code
674