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Curly Woodlouse

Cylisticus convexus

2,709 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 46, February 34, March 53, April 83, May 120, June 131, July 140, August 120, September 88, October 66, November 36, December 28.
United States2,664
Alaska943
Canada642
Ontario305
Virginia278
North Carolina223
British Columbia209
Russia202
Maryland200
Michigan156

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
FamilyCylisticid Woodlice · Cylisticidae
GenusCylisticus

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