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Saduria entomon

Status not recordedcrustaceans

Saduria entomon is a species in the family Chaetiliidae, order Isopoda.

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Quick facts about Saduria entomon

Weight
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Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does Saduria entomon live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Saduria entomon as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Ukraine

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is Saduria entomon endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Saduria entomon classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderIsopoda
  5. familyChaetiliidae
  6. genusSaduria
  7. SpeciesSaduria entomon (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Chiridothea entomon, Chiridothea entomon f. caspia, Chiridothea entomon vetterensis, Idotaega longicauda, Idotea entomon, Mesidotea entomon, Mesidotea entomon entomon, Mesidotea entomon glacialis, Mesidotea entomon orientalis, Mesidotea entomon var. septentrionalis, Mesidothea entomon, Oniscus entomon, Saduria entomon entomon

Other names and names in other languages (14)
  • østersøkrebsDanish
  • RiesenasselGerman
  • merikilkEstonian
  • kilkkiFinnish
  • Blyškusis jūrvėžisLithuanian
  • GrēvisLatvian
  • podwój wielkiPolish
  • Морской тараканRussian
  • skorvSwedish
  • ØstersøtanglusDanish
  • Baltische RiesenasselGerman
  • KlappenasselGerman
  • Ostsee-RiesenasselGerman
  • ishavsgråsuggaSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Saduria entomon

Other species in the same genus Saduria.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is Saduria entomon an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Saduria entomon as introduced in 1 country: Ukraine, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Saduria entomon?

Saduria entomon (Saduria entomon) belongs to the family Chaetiliidae in the order Isopoda.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Saduria entomon (Saduria entomon). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/saduria-entomon

MLA

“Saduria entomon (Saduria entomon).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/saduria-entomon.

BibTeX
@misc{saduria_entomon_2026,
  title = {Saduria entomon (Saduria entomon)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/saduria-entomon},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}