Sea Roach, Wharf Roach Ligia exotica Roux, 1828
Fauna Portal species: 5373
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
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(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