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Rathke's Woodlouse

Trachelipus rathkii

21,985 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 252, February 186, March 292, April 459, May 662, June 722, July 773, August 665, September 488, October 364, November 199, December 156.
United States17,469
Alaska5,219
Canada4,944
Ontario3,534
Russia2,503
New York1,506
Wisconsin1,137
Maryland1,036
Minnesota981
Pennsylvania940

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassMalacostracans · Malacostraca
OrderIsopods · Isopoda
FamilyTrachelipodid Woodlice · Trachelipodidae
GenusTrachelipus

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