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Isopod?
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Isopod?
Carpinteria/Rincon Beach, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
May 31, 2017
Size: about 2-3mm
Found crawling inside of an empty Bivalve shell in shallow water at low tide.

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Isopod? Isopod? Isopod?
Contributed by bgsdlb on 1 June, 2017 - 12:30am
Last updated 21 January, 2023 - 2:26am

Moved
Moved from Seapills and allies.
… Sequoia Wrens, 21 January, 2023 - 2:26am

Moved
Moved from Isopods.
… Hisserdude, 4 October, 2018 - 5:29pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request. Sphaeromatid would be my guess.
… Aaron Hunt, 1 June, 2017 - 2:18am

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