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Scientific Name: Nerocila phaiopleura Bleeker, 1857
English Name: Not Known
Local/Bangla Name: Not Known
Not Known - Not Known - Nerocila phaiopleura - Type: Zooplankton

Photo: Kazuya Nagasawa

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Cymothoidae
Description:
Nerocila phaiopleura belongs to the family of tongue biters and is classified as a species of isopods. These organisms employ drag-powered swimming as their primary means of locomotion. Their body exhibits bilateral symmetry, which means it is symmetrical when divided along a central axis. Like most animals, they are composed of multiple cells, indicating multicellularity.
Environment:
Marine
Main References:

Abdullah Al M, Alam MD, Akhtar A, Xu H, Islam MS, Mustafa Kamal AH, Alam MW (2018) Annual pattern of zooplankton communities and their environmental response in a subtropical maritime channel system in the northern Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 37, 65-73.

Other References:

Nagasawa, Kazuya (2016) Nerocila phaiopleura (Isopoda: Cymothoidae) parasitic on Japanese Spanish mackerel Scomberomorus niphonius in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan. 10.11358/biogeo.18.71.

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