Ligia italica

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Scientific:: Ligia italica
German:: Assel
English:: Ligia Italica

Category:: Övriga kräftdjur
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Isopoda (Order) > Ligiidae (Family) > Ligia (Genus) > italica (Species)
Initial determination:: Fabricius, 1798

Occurrence:: Azorerna, Medelhavet
Size:: bis zu 3cm
Temperature:: 15°C - 25°C
Food:: Carrion
Tank:: ~ 50 Liter
Difficulty:: 1 - Mycket enkel

Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown
CITES:: Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Ligia australiensis
Ligia baudiniana
Ligia boninensis
Ligia cinerascens
Ligia curvata
Ligia daitoensis
Ligia dentipes
Ligia dilatata
Ligia dioscorides
Ligia exotica
Ligia ferrarai
Ligia filicornis
Ligia glabrata
Ligia gracilipes
Ligia hachijoensis
Ligia hawaiensis
Ligia italica
Assel
Ligia latissima
Ligia litigiosa
Ligia malleata
Ligia miyakensis
Ligia natalensis
Ligia novizealandiae
Ligia occidentalis
Ligia oceanica
Strandassel,Klippenassel
Ligia pallasii
Ligia pallida
Ligia perkinsi
Ligia persica
Ligia philoscoides
Ligia pigmentata
Ligia platycephala
Ligia rugosa
Ligia ryukyuensis
Ligia saipanensis
Ligia shinjiensis
Ligia simoni
Ligia taiwanensis
Ligia torrenticola
Ligia vitiensis
Ligia yamanishii
Ligia yemenica

More related species in this lexicon:

Ligia sp.
Klippenassel

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-10-04 08:34:36
Last edit:: 2013-10-04 08:34:36

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Ligia is a genus of isopods, commonly known as rock lice or sea slaters. Most Ligia species live in tidal zone cliffs and rocky beaches, but there are several fully terrestrial species in high humidity environments.

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Ligiidae
Genus: Ligia
Fabricius, 1798

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