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Field Notes

Description:

A larger intertidal living isopod. Longer and sleeker than the more familiar typical rock-living and garden roaming isopods.
Dark brown or purple exoskeleton.
Strongly hooked legs.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (7)
ChunXingWong
Yes AshishNimkar, they are both Isopods except that the isopod in this spotting have not evolved to live away from the water yet. Nice link Jolly Ibañez, their size are almost the same.
Jolly Ibañez
You could be right chun. Look here: http://bcbiodiversity.lifedesks.org/pages/19738
Ashish
Chun...You mean its relative of Woodlouse..?
Leuba Ridgway
great spotting and a fantastic photo too ! - thanks for sharing
ChunXingWong
Hi AshishNimkar, I think the rules have changed. We are not dealing with an insect or a centipede here. This seems to be an Isopod, a Crustacean. Maybe a Pentidotea wosnesenskii ?
Ashish
Sort of beetle Larva or Centipede...

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Sea life of the Pacific Northwest.
Mission
The Pacific Northwest Bioregion
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PublishedJuly 10, 2012

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