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How do isopods move?

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Isopods are crustaceans with 14 legs adapted for crawling. They reproduce sexually, with the hatchlings looking like perfect clones of the mother.

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In the same way as a caterpillar: it moves its legs in pairs by hunching the body segment carrying that pair.

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