Sea Roach, Wharf Roach Ligia exotica Roux, 1828

Fauna Portal species: 5373
Family: Ligiidae


exotica

Ligia exotica, dorsal (WAM C1440)

Image: Judd & Perina (2013; fig. 1)

Fauna Portal Image No. 1898

Diagnosis

(after Judd & Perina 2013): The principal diagnostic characters of Ligia exotica are: uropod exopodites long, extending beyond the uropod protopodite; multi-articulate flagellum with more than 5 segments and the large eye consisting of more than 100 ommatidia. 

Status

  • introduced

Australia

  • New South Wales
  • Northern Territory
  • Queensland
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria
  • Western Australia

Publications

Judd S. & Perina G. (2013): An illustrated key to the morphospecies of terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Oniscidea) of Barrow Island, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement. 83: 185 - 207


Volker Framenau, 17 August 2022