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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.
Dysderidae, also known as woodlouse hunters, sowbug-eating spiders, and cell spiders, is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1837. [ 1 ] [ page needed ] They are found primarily in Eurasia , extending into North Africa with very few species occurring in South America.
Coastal Ligia species exhibit a mixture of terrestrial and marine characteristics, drying out easily, needing moist air and proximity to water to retain water. [1] While they have gills and can exchange gas under water, they only do so when escaping terrestrial predators or being dislodged by wave action .
It is a common species, occurring wherever the substrate of the littoral zone is rocky, and is especially common in crevices and rock pools and under stones. [2] It is a nocturnal omnivore , [ 7 ] eating many kinds of seaweed, diatoms , [ 2 ] and detritus , with a particular fondness for bladder wrack ( Fucus vesiculosus ). [ 3 ]
Ligiidae is a family of woodlice, the only family in the infraorder Diplocheta. [3] [2] Its members are common on rocky shores, in similar habitats to those inhabited by species of the bristletail Petrobius and the crab Cyclograpsus. [4] The family contains these genera: [5] Caucasoligidium Borutzky, 1950
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Isopoda is an order of crustaceans.Members of this group are called isopods and include both aquatic species, and terrestrial species such as woodlice.All have rigid, segmented exoskeletons, two pairs of antennae, seven pairs of jointed limbs on the thorax, and five pairs of branching appendages on the abdomen that are used in respiration.
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