Ligia oceanica - hiding

Common Sea Slaters (Ligia oceanica) "active" with their favourite past time :o)

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Flown Kimmerling

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Cool! What is the pinkish-purple stuff below them? Posted 6 years ago
1. Pudding4brains
  
  Lion
  
  I'm not entirely sure, but I suppose it would most likely be a partially decaying red brick. This image was shot on the sea side in Scheveningen near the harbour, where there is a lot of partially "constructed", partially just "piled up" walls of rock and concrete blocks forming a protection for waves rolling into the harbour entrance. Excellent habitat for this species that needs to live on rocks in the "splash zone" on the sea side. Posted 6 years ago, modified 6 years ago

The Common Sea Slater

Ligia oceanica, the sea slater, common sea slater, or sea roach, is a littoral zone woodlouse, living on rocky seashores of the European North Sea and Atlantic coastlines, and is also commonly seen in Taiwan.
L. oceanica individuals live for 21⁄2–3 years and usually breed only once.

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Similar species: Brood Pouch Crustaceans

Species identified by Pudding4brains