# Isaea

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{{Short description|Genus of crustaceans}}
{{Italic title}}{{Automatic Taxobox
| name = ''Isaea''
| taxon = Isaea
| authority = [H. Milne-Edwards](/source/Henri_Milne-Edwards), 1830
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = {{nowrap|''Isaea montagui'' <small>Milne-Edwards, 1830</small>}}<br />''Isaea elmhirsti'' <small>Patience, 1909</small>
}}

'''''Isaea''''' is a small genus of [amphipod](/source/Amphipoda) [crustacean](/source/crustacean)s that live [commensally](/source/commensalism) on the [mouthparts](/source/arthropod_mouthparts) of other crustaceans.

==''Isaea montagui''==
''I. montagui'' was named in 1830 by [Henri Milne-Edwards](/source/Henri_Milne-Edwards) in honour of [George Montagu](/source/George_Montagu_(naturalist)).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/personetymol/petymol.m.html |work=Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names |title=George Montagu |author=Hans G. Hansson |publisher=[Göteborgs Universitet](/source/University_of_Gothenburg) |accessdate=April 13, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205205939/http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/personetymol/petymol.m.html |archive-date=February 5, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It lives on the mouthparts of the spider crab ''[Maja squinado](/source/Maja_squinado)'', and is found from the West of [Ireland](/source/Ireland) to the [Mediterranean Sea](/source/Mediterranean_Sea).<ref name="NEAT">{{cite web |url=http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/neat_pdf/NEAT*Crustacea.pdf |publisher=[Göteborgs Universitet](/source/University_of_Gothenburg) |accessdate=April 13, 2010 |author=Hans G. Hansson |date=August 1998 |title=NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): South Scandinavian marine crustacea check-list |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721233347/http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/neat_pdf/NEAT*Crustacea.pdf |archive-date=July 21, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==''Isaea elmhirsti''==
''I. elmhirsti'' was named in 1909 by [Alexander Patience](/source/Alexander_Patience) in honour of [Richard Elmhirst](/source/Richard_Elmhirst), who was the director at that time of the [University Marine Biological Station](/source/University_Marine_Biological_Station_Millport) at [Millport](/source/Millport%2C_Isle_of_Cumbrae).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/personetymol/petymol.p.html |work=Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names |title=Alexander Patience |author=Hans G. Hansson |publisher=[Göteborgs Universitet](/source/University_of_Gothenburg) |accessdate=April 13, 2010 |archive-date=October 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101027104412/http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/personetymol/petymol.p.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> It lives on the mouthparts of the [European lobster](/source/European_lobster), ''Homarus gammarus'', and is found from Ireland to the [Bay of Biscay](/source/Bay_of_Biscay).<ref name="NEAT"/>

==References==
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Category:Corophiida
Category:Amphipod genera
Category:Amphipods of the Atlantic Ocean
Category:Taxa named by Henri Milne-Edwards

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