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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Crustaceans (Crustacea) » Malacostracans (Malacostraca) » Marsupial Crustaceans (Peracarida) » Isopods (Isopoda) » Scutocoxifera » Woodlice (Oniscidea) » Diplocheta » Seaslaters and Rockslaters (Ligiidae) » Seaslaters (Ligia) » Wharf Roach (Ligia exotica)
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Isopod IMG_8830 - Ligia exotica - male - female
Copyright © 2011 Steve Nanz

Isopod IMG_8830 - Ligia exotica - Male Female
Dry Tortugas National Park, Monroe County, Florida, USA
April 6, 2011
I think this may be a mating pair of Ligia baudiniana. The male appears to have 32 segments to the right flagellum and 28 to the left from what I can tell. I don't see the fringe of bristles on the edge of the carpus and merus but I think that this ridge may not be visible from the angle at which I was shooting.

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Contributed by Steve Nanz on 10 May, 2011 - 2:53pm
Last updated 13 June, 2015 - 2:13pm

Moved
Moved from Ligia.

Pretty sure my guess was wrong. The bristles I mentioned should be visible. This does seem, however, to match Ligia exotica.
… Steve Nanz, 13 June, 2015 - 2:13pm login or register to post comments

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