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orange county marine isopod #5 - Exosphaeroma inornata
Copyright © 2011 Chris Mallory

orange county marine isopod #5 - Exosphaeroma inornata
Crystal Cove, Orange County, California, USA
December 30, 2010
Size: ~3mm
A slow moving orange isopod found crawling in a sandy tidepool. Seemed to prefer crawling along the floor as opposed to swimming, unlike most of the other isopods I observed.

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orange county marine isopod #5 - Exosphaeroma inornata orange county marine isopod #5 - Exosphaeroma inornata
Contributed by Chris Mallory on 1 January, 2011 - 5:37pm
Last updated 21 January, 2023 - 2:29am

Moved
Moved from Seapills and allies.
… Sequoia Wrens, 21 January, 2023 - 2:29am

Moved tentatively...
Moved from Isopods.
… Hisserdude, 4 October, 2018 - 5:33pm

Moved
Moved from Malacostracans.
… Ray Fisher, 1 December, 2012 - 9:37am

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