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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Crustaceans (Crustacea) » Malacostracans (Malacostraca) » Marsupial Crustaceans (Peracarida) » Isopods (Isopoda) » Asellotes (Asellota) » Janiroidea » Janiridae » Jaera » albifrons complex (Jaera albifrons complex)
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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: 3mm 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. This was captured in the same dip of the net as this one:
Marine Isopod?
Are they the same thing?
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Contributed by Mardon Erbland on 18 May, 2015 - 2:23pm
Last updated 20 August, 2021 - 9:38pm

Moved
Moved from Jaera.
… Sequoia Wrens, 20 August, 2021 - 9:38pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Jaera albifrons.
… Sequoia Wrens, 20 August, 2021 - 9:29pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Asellota.
… Aaron Hunt, 13 September, 2015 - 9:20pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Isopods.
… Aaron Hunt, 12 September, 2015 - 5:47pm login or register to post comments

Looks like
Jaera albifrons (a new family for the guide.) I'll have to check the ID though.
… Aaron Hunt, 12 September, 2015 - 5:46pm login or register to post comments

Seem to be the same
I'll try to identify this shortly. With luck it's also found in my area. If not, I should at least be able to get this to family. It doesn't look familiar so I'm not too hopeful but I haven't found all the species in my area yet, so you never know. Looks new to the guide at any rate. Don't know how you can stand the water there... This image will be easier to ID than the linked one. A straight dorsal shot is by far the most useful for isopods.
… Aaron Hunt, 26 August, 2015 - 8:41am login or register to post comments

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