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Isopod sp. - Ligia
Copyright © 2008 Roger Rittmaster

Isopod sp. - Ligia
Big Pine Key, Monroe County, Florida, USA
May 22, 2008
Size: About 1.5 cm
There were many of these rapidly crawling about the dry, sandy rockland. There was a pond about 75 ft away. Is it some type of isopod?
Contributed by Roger Rittmaster on 25 May, 2008 - 1:31pm
Last updated 10 January, 2012 - 6:14pm

Moved
Moved from Malacostracans.
… john and jane balaban, 24 March, 2009 - 8:45pm

Ligia
ID by Ferenc Vilisics
… john and jane balaban, 24 March, 2009 - 8:44pm

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