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 marine Armadillidium id ?
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| BubikolRamios |
Posted on 26-03-2011 00:21
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Member Location: Slovenia Posts: 1727 Joined: 14.06.09 |
body 8 mm, lives in salt environment on sea edge EDIT: this is Sphaeroma serratum more images: http://agrozoo.ne...ver=149542 BubikolRamios attached the following image:  [39.71Kb] Edited by BubikolRamios on 26-03-2011 01:57 highly searchable nature photo galery --> http://agrozoo.ne....jsp?l2=en |
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| atylotus |
Posted on 26-03-2011 08:48
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 Member Location: Amsterdam, NL Posts: 1164 Joined: 29.05.09 |
are you sure about S. serratum? there are at least several other species of this group, some of which belong to Lekanesphaera, for instance S. hookeri, S. rugicauda, L. levi. See www.marinespecies... for the complete checklist. Were is it from? S. serratum (and L. levi), should have strongly serrated uropods (these 2 long projections at both sides of the last abdominal segment) and to me they seem to have smooth edges. Your specimen is either Sphaeroma or Lekanesphaera, but I cannot establish the species. See also http://www.aquati..._Galil.pdf for another alien Sphaeroma species recently established from israel (wit serrated edges) |
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| BubikolRamios |
Posted on 26-03-2011 09:42
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Member Location: Slovenia Posts: 1727 Joined: 14.06.09 |
my reference is this: http://www1.pms-l...?load=1949 Another color, but I guess it varrys in coloration Both mine and that from link are from north medtiteranean shore. Did you look at more images, if that helps:http://agrozoo.ne...ver=149542 Edited by BubikolRamios on 26-03-2011 09:42 highly searchable nature photo galery --> http://agrozoo.ne....jsp?l2=en |
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