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New Zealand Burrowing Isopod

Sphaeroma quoianum

128 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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24 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

What the records say

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 24, February 21, March 21, April 27, May 26, June 19, July 16, August 17, September 21, October 22, November 28, December 21.
United States248
California242
New Zealand7
Oregon5
Auckland Region5
Northland Region2
Hawaii1

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
FamilyTypical Seapills · Sphaeromatidae
GenusSphaeroma

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise New Zealand Burrowing Isopod with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.