Species Identification
Species Identification: Find Species
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Ligiidae

Genus: Ligia

(See list of species below)


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36 species
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Ligia australiensis
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Ligia baudiniana
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Ligia boninensis
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Ligia cajennensis
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Ligia cinerascens
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Ligia cursor
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Ligia curvata
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Ligia dentipes
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Ligia dilatata
[Sea-slater]
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Max. Length 3 cm TL

 
Ligia exotica
[Wharf roach]
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Ligia ferrarai
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Ligia glabrata
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Ligia gracilipes
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Ligia hachijoensis
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Ligia hawaiensis
[Mangrove sea slater]
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Ligia italica
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Ligia latissima
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Ligia litigiosa
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Ligia malleata
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Ligia miyakensis
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Ligia natalensis
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Ligia novaezealandiae
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Ligia occidentalis
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Ligia oceanica
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Ligia pallasii
[Sea slater]
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Ligia pallida
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Ligia perkinsi
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Ligia persica
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Ligia philoscoides
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Ligia pigmentata
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Ligia platycephala
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Ligia quadrata
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Ligia rugosa
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Ligia vitiensis
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Ligia yamanishii
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Ligia yemenica
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