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Rockweed Isopod (Pentidotea wosnesenskii)
Photo#1288455
Copyright © 2016
Masumi Palhof
Isopod -
Pentidotea wosnesenskii
Kodiak, Kodiak County, Alaska, USA
June 13, 2016
Idoteidae?
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Contributed by
Masumi Palhof
on 6 September, 2016 - 8:00pm
Last updated 7 September, 2016 - 3:24pm
Moved, Pentidotea wosnesenskii
Moved from
Isopods
. I tried to key it out using
this key
but not all necessary features (mouthparts, specifically) are visible. However, these photos match very well with fig. 87 (linked to at top of key), of
P. wosnesenskii
, listed there as an
Idotea
; but poorly with drawings of other species I couldn't rule out with the key alone.
…
Aaron Hunt
, 7 September, 2016 - 3:24pm