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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Crustaceans (Crustacea) » Malacostracans (Malacostraca) » Marsupial Crustaceans (Peracarida) » Isopods (Isopoda) » Scutocoxifera » Woodlice (Oniscidea) » Holoverticata » Orthogonopoda » Crinocheta » Philosciidae » Philoscia » Philoscia muscorum
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Which isopod? - Philoscia muscorum
Copyright © 2007 Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City

Which isopod? - Philoscia muscorum
Herring Run Watershed, Baltimore City County, Maryland, USA
April 20, 2007
Yellow?
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Contributed by Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City on 20 April, 2007 - 7:59pm
Last updated 2 April, 2010 - 6:27pm

Moved
Moved from Philoscia.
… Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City, 2 April, 2010 - 6:27pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Isopods.
… Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City, 7 October, 2008 - 7:24am login or register to post comments

..and it belongs to the genus
..and it belongs to the genus Philoscia, it is very probably that the species is "muscorum".
Cheers! Ferenc
… Ferenc Vilisics, 26 April, 2007 - 4:55am login or register to post comments

 
Philoscia muscorum
Yes, I'd agree you can safely sort this under Philoscia muscorum.
… Arp, 2 April, 2010 - 6:18pm login or register to post comments

Woodlice
Suborder Oniscidea is as far as I can get you. What I really answered for is, yes, they frequently are adorned with yellow.
… Stephen Schueman, 20 April, 2007 - 11:16pm login or register to post comments

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