Ligia australiensis
| Ligia australiensis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Family: | Ligiidae |
| Genus: | Ligia |
| Species: | L. australiensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ligia australiensis Dana, 1853 | |
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| Distribution of L. australiensis based on available literature | |
Ligia australiensis, the Australian marine slater, is a woodlouse in the family Ligiidae.[1]
Range
It can be found quite readily along the southern coast of Australia, including Tasmania, hiding under a huge variety of cover. It is not found as often on the coast of New South Wales, although it can be found in abundance in estuaries.[2]
Predation
L. australienses is a frequent meal for the burrowing shore crab (Leptograpsodes octodentatus),[3] occasionally for the sacred kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus),[4] and possibly the Pedra Branca skink (Niveoscincus palfreymani).[5]
References
- ↑ Marilyn Schotte (2010). M. Schotte, C. B. Boyko, N. L. Bruce, G. C. B. Poore, S. Taiti & G. D. F. Wilson, eds. "Ligia australiensis Dana, 1853". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
- ↑ Graham J. Edgar (1997). Australian Marine Life: the Plants and Animals of Temperate Waters. Reed. p. 184. ISBN 9780730104742.
- ↑ D. J. G. Griffin (1971). "The ecological distribution of grapsid and ocypodid shore crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura) in Tasmania". Journal of Animal Ecology. 40 (3): 597–621. doi:10.2307/3440.
- ↑ Rose, A. B. (1973). "Food of some Australian birds". Emu. 73: 177–183. doi:10.1071/mu973177.
- ↑ N.Brothers, A. Wiltshire, D. Pemberton, N. Mooney & B. Green (2003). "The feeding ecology and field energetics of the Pedra Branca skink (Niveoscincus palfreymani)". Wildlife Research. 30 (1): 81–88. doi:10.1071/wr01103.
External links
Data related to Ligia australiensis at Wikispecies
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