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Marine Isopod? - Jaera
Copyright © 2015 Mardon Erbland

Marine Isopod? - Jaera
47.420960 -53.192028 (WGS84), Avondale, Northeast Avalon, Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
May 17, 2015
Size: 2mm body length
Found using a dip net to sweep the saltwater and seaweed at the edge of a wooden boat ramp. This was from the intertidal zone. This photo was taken while it was swimming underwater in a small container. It was caught in the same dip of the net as this one:
Marine Isopod?
Could they be the same?
Contributed by Mardon Erbland on 18 May, 2015 - 2:19pm
Last updated 20 August, 2021 - 9:38pm

Moved
Moved from Jaera.
… Sequoia Wrens, 20 August, 2021 - 9:38pm

Moved
Moved from Jaera albifrons.
… Sequoia Wrens, 20 August, 2021 - 9:29pm

Should probably be bumped up to genus
There's 4 species of Jaera in eastern Canada, all of them looking extremely similar and are more or less only distinuishable by features on the legs of the males
… Sequoia Wrens, 29 January, 2021 - 4:29pm

Moved
Moved from Asellota.
… Aaron Hunt, 13 September, 2015 - 9:20pm

Moved
Moved from Isopods.
… Aaron Hunt, 12 September, 2015 - 5:47pm

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