A small, flattened crustacean with an oval-shaped body, longer than it is wide, with 7 pairs of legs and long antennae. Usually grey or brown, sometimes with pale splotches

At a glance

Habitat Found under rocks and other cover in the intertidal zone avoiding entering the water and if they do they quickly head back to dry land
Size They can grow to around 3cm long
Origin Endemic
Distribution Southern Australia
Descriptions
Distribution
Southern Australia
Habitat
Found under rocks and other cover in the intertidal zone avoiding entering the water and if they do they quickly head back to dry land
Size
They can grow to around 3cm long
Common Name Australian Marine Slater
Aliases Swift Beach Louse,
Origin Endemic
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Occurrences shown for the family Ligiidae. Distribution provided by The Atlas of Living Australia.

Classification

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
SubphylumCrustacea
SuperclassMulticrustacea
ClassMalacostraca
SubclassEumalacostraca
SuperorderPeracarida
OrderIsopoda
SuborderOniscidea
InfraorderLigiamorpha
SectionDiplocheta
FamilyLigiidae
GenusLigia
SpeciesLigia australiensis
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Synonyms

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