Biotope and biology of Armadillidium album Dollfuss,a terrestrial isopod of sandy beaches,in the SW Netherlands |
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| Institution: | 1. Delta Institute for Hydrobiological Research, Vierstraat 28, 4401 EA Yerseke, the Netherlands;1. Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch, Karaj, Iran;2. Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran;3. Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Keshavarz Blvd., 100 Poursina Ave., Tehran 14167-53955, Iran;1. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran;2. School of Biology and Centre of Excellence in Phylogeny of Living Organisms, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran;3. Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Večna pot 111, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia;1. Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland;2. Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland |
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| Abstract: | The supralittoral isopod Armadillidium album Dollfus is common, although patchily distributed, under driftwood on the foreshore of broad sandy beaches on the outer coast of the Delta area in the SW Netherlands. The isopods are very tolerant of immersion in seawater, but are nevertheless confined to a narrow zone just above normal spring tides.A. album is a sexually reproducing isopod, with a single well-defined reproductive period in summer and a lifespan of two years. In spite of its very specialized biotope, the life cycle and reproductive strategy of A. album do not deviate substantially from those of related ubiquitous terrestrial isopods. |
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