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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Crustaceans (Crustacea) » Malacostracans (Malacostraca) » Peracarida » Isopods (Isopoda) » Woodlice (Oniscidea) » Trichoniscidae » Trichoniscus
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Wood Louse - Trichoniscus
Copyright © 2007 Graham Montgomery

Wood Louse - Trichoniscus
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
January 13, 2007
Size: ~4 mm
Sorry for the not so great photo.
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Contributed by Graham Montgomery on 15 January, 2007 - 9:19am
Last updated 12 February, 2007 - 7:51pm

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Thanks for the ID. I saw we had expert on isopods, and hoped you could ID it. Thanks again.
… Graham Montgomery, 12 February, 2007 - 7:51pm login or register to post comments

Trichoniscus
Hi!
This isopod belongs to the family Trichoniscidae, and is surely a species from the Trichoniscus genus.
Under microscope you can observe that its compound eyes are consisted of 3 "ocelli", that distinguishes them from species of other genera, but identifying species is not possible through the image.
Interestingly, the common species Trichoniscus pusillus is often parthenogenetic, therefore almost no males can be found in the nature.
Best wishes,
Ferenc
… Ferenc Vilisics, 12 February, 2007 - 3:16am login or register to post comments

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