How to Use isopod in a Sentence

isopod

noun

• In the surrounding abyss, scientists have found mollusks, snails, worms, sea cucumbers, isopods, starfish and more.
  — Harry Stevens, New York Times, 3 June 2026
• These microbes are then eaten by small invertebrates such as midge larvae and isopods, which are in turn preyed on by larger insects like spiders, beetles, and centipedes.
  — New Atlas, 5 Nov. 2025
• Previously unknown crustaceans, including isopods and amphipods, were also found.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2025
• On an island with millions of birds, seabird carcasses are plentiful and attract a rich community of bugs, including cockroaches, isopods and maggots.
  — Wieteke Holthuijzen, The Conversation, 20 Feb. 2024
• In Australia’s intertidal zone, a parasitic isopod called Zeaione everta drew attention for its unusual appearance.
  — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
• Other animals living inside the cave include centipedes, terrestrial isopods (roly-polies), pseudoscorpions, mites, scorpions, and beetles, among others, according to the researchers.
  — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 18 Nov. 2025
• And near Puerto Rico, Weston newly identified an isopod that exclusively eats sargassum, a type of abundant seaweed in the Atlantic Ocean that can sink to the ocean floor in just 40 hours.
  — Marlowe Starling, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2025