Other animals › Freshwater Isopods
Water Hoglouse
Asellus aquaticus
25 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.
Easily confused with
Common Striped WoodlousePhiloscia muscorum
Baltic IsopodIdotea balthica
Common Shiny WoodlouseOniscus asellus
Wharf LouseLigia exotica
One-spotted WaterlouseProasellus meridianus
Common Rough WoodlousePorcellio scaber
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 81,635 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 81,633 |
| United Kingdom | 679 |
| England | 633 |
| France | 130 |
| Poland | 80 |
| Denmark | 72 |
| Germany | 71 |
| Russia | 49 |
| Czechia | 43 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Malacostracans · Malacostraca |
| Order | Isopods · Isopoda |
| Family | Freshwater Isopods · Asellidae |
| Genus | Eurasian Waterslaters · Asellus |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Water Hoglouse with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.