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Flabellifera

Flabellifera

Photo by LarsKorb
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Description:

Caught out of a freshwater pond

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
auntnance123
You're welcome. I knew it wasn't our coastal variety, but I couldn't find a definitive reference for the freshwater kind.
LarsKorb
Thanks, Nance - the direction lead me to Flabellifera, which are found in freshwater. Ligia are coastal isopoda living partly terrestial as well as in saltwater.
auntnance123
It looks like a slater (Ligia, terrestrial isopod)
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PublishedMarch 15, 2012

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