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Ligiidae

8 species · Animals

Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Isopoda › Ligiidae

Ligia oceanica is a common European littoral isopod introduced to North Atlantic islands and North America, feeding mostly on algae.

Ligia pallasii, the sleepy sea slater, is a large Ligiidae isopod found along the North American Pacific coast.

Ligia occidentalis, the western sea slater, is a rocky shore sea slater found on North America’s Pacific coast.

Ligia exotica is a widely spread coastal crustacean with uncertain native origins.

Ligia australiensis, the Australian marine slater, is a Ligiidae woodlouse found across Australia’s southern coast.

Ligia novizealandiae is an endemic New Zealand sea slater that lives on shores under kelp.

Ligia cinerascens is a coastal ligiid species found in the northwest Pacific, with uncertain wider origins and distinct life history traits.

Ligidium hypnorum is a small fast-moving European and western Asian woodlouse that indicates ancient woodland.

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