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Powder Blue Isopod

Porcellionides pruinosus

6,863 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 54, February 40, March 62, April 98, May 141, June 153, July 164, August 141, September 104, October 77, November 42, December 33.
United States1,578
Alaska1,109
Spain454
France293
Australia166
Italy166
Greece150
Portugal142
Andalucía127
Israel96

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
FamilyPorcellionid Woodlice · Porcellionidae
GenusPorcellionides

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