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title: "Baltic Isopod"
description: "Idotea balthica — Altri animali. Idotea balthica, known as the Baltic isopod and the smooth seaweed isopod, is a species of marine isopod which lives on seaweed and seagrass in the subtidal zone of rocky shores and sandy lagoons."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/baltic-isopod
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Baltic Isopod

> Idotea balthica — Altri animali. Idotea balthica, known as the Baltic isopod and the smooth seaweed isopod, is a species of marine isopod which lives on seaweed and seagrass in the subtidal zone of rocky shores and sandy lagoons.

- Scientific name: *Idotea balthica*
- Category: `other` (Altri animali)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 3246
- Wikidata: [Q1305770](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1305770)
- iNaturalist taxon: [203466](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/203466)

## Names

- en: Baltic Isopod
- de: Dreispitzige Meerassel
- fr: Idotée de la Baltique
- nl: Gewone zeepissebed
- pl: Podwoik bałtycki

## Countries with the most observations

US (1278), CA (403), GB (252), FR (207), DK (121), IT (73), DE (63), BG (57), ES (51), NL (49), UA (34), PT (33)

## Summary

Idotea balthica, known as the Baltic isopod and the smooth seaweed isopod, is a species of marine isopod which lives on seaweed and seagrass in the subtidal zone of rocky shores and sandy lagoons.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idotea_balthica

## Photo

![Baltic Isopod](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/baltic-isopod/medium.jpg)

Photo: Peter Gabler · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/29927535

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/baltic-isopod?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).