CHECKLIST OF PERACARIDA OF PAKISTAN A- MARINE AND B- TERRESTRIAL ISOPODA MARINE TANAIDACEA

Abstract

The investigation of records show that 93 species of marine and terrestrial peracaridean order Isopoda have been reported from Pakistan. Of these only three are of terrestrial habitat, two are reported from Sindh and one from Baluchistan. The terrestrial isopods reported by Siddiqui and Suleman (1977) from northern areas. Out of total 11 isopod orders the Pakistani species belong to 6 suborders. Another   peracaridean order, Tanaidacea which is marine, also being dealt here, although not fully investigated. Only four species have been reported in two suborders and three families.