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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Crustaceans (Crustacea) » Malacostracans (Malacostraca) » Peracarida » Isopods (Isopoda) » Asellota » Asellidae » Asellus
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6022218 crustacean - Asellus
Copyright © 2007 Rob Curtis

6022218 crustacean - Asellus
Giant City SP, Illinois, USA
April 20, 2007
Size: ~5/8"
amphipod?
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Contributed by Rob Curtis on 24 September, 2007 - 5:42pm
Last updated 22 March, 2009 - 5:12pm

Moved
Moved from Isopods.
… john and jane balaban, 22 March, 2009 - 5:12pm login or register to post comments

Asellus
Hi!

To get a little closer, I say this isopod is an Asellota, namely an Asellus sp, family Asellidae.

F.
… Ferenc Vilisics, 22 November, 2007 - 2:17am login or register to post comments

Cool image!
Looks like Woodlice! Is that in fresh water? I don't recognize plants or algea very well.
… John R. Maxwell, 24 September, 2007 - 5:51pm login or register to post comments

...
I would say an isopod.
… Sean McCann, 24 September, 2007 - 5:48pm login or register to post comments

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