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Ligia exotica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Family: Ligiidae
Genus: Ligia
Species:
L. exotica
Binomial name
Ligia exotica
Roux, 1828[1]
In Japan

Ligia exotica, also called sea roach[2] or wharf roach,[3] is a woodlouse-like isopod, a sea slater in the family Ligiidae. It is found in various parts of the world living on rocky coasts and harbour walls just above high water mark.

  1. ^ Marilyn Schotte (2011). Schotte M, Boyko CB, Bruce NL, Poore GC, Taiti S, Wilson GD (eds.). "Ligia exotica". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
  2. ^ Roger Tory Peterson; Kenneth L. Gosner (1999). A Field Guide to the Atlantic Seashore: From the Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-618-00209-2.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Smithsonian was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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