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One-spotted Waterlouse

Proasellus meridianus

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) bazwal, some rights reserved (CC BY)

6 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.

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 411, February 303, March 475, April 748, May 1,078, June 1,176, July 1,258, August 1,082, September 795, October 593, November 324, December 253.
United States8,498
Alaska8,498
United Kingdom5
England5
France3
Bretagne3

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
FamilyFreshwater Isopods · Asellidae
GenusProasellus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise One-spotted Waterlouse with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.