Ligia oceanica

Tags: Crustacean.

Ligia oceanica the sea slater common sea slater or sea roach is a littoral woodlouse.L. oceanica is oval twice as long as broad and may reach up to 30 millimetres (1.2 in) in length making it one of the largest oniscid isopods. Its colour may vary from grey to olive-green and it has large compound eyes and long antennae ⅔ as long as its body.L. oceanica is found in temperate waters from Norway to the Mediterranean Sea and from Cape Cod north to Maine.

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binomial authority

Carl Linnaeus, 12th edition of Systema Naturae

class

Malacostraca

family

Ligiidae

genus

Ligia

kingdom

Animal

order

Isopoda

phylum

Arthropod, Crustacean

synonym

*Ligia belgica (Ritzema Bos 1874), *Ligia granulata (Frey & Leuckart 1847), *Ligia oniscoides (Brébisson 1825), *Ligia scopulorum (Leach 1814), *Ligydia oceanica (Linnaeus 1767), *Oniscus assimilis (Linnaeus 1767), *Oniscus oceanicus (Linnaeus 1767)