Charleston Bump Expedition Marine Organisms. Isopod. Isopods are an Order of Crustaceans closely related to pillbugs. Also members of the superorder Peracarida, they have brood pouches at the bases of their walking legs in which fertilized eggs develop into miniature adults.

Image ID: expl0346, Voyage To Inner Space - Exploring the Seas With NOAA Collect
Location: Southeast of Charleston, South Carolina
Photo Date: 2003 August 06
Photographer: Jerry Mclelland
Credit: Charleston Bump Expedition 2003. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration; Dr. George Sedberry, South Carolina DNR, Principal Investigator

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