Biology:Ligia australiensis
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Short description: Species of woodlouse
| Ligia australiensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Superorder: | Peracarida |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Oniscidea |
| Family: | Ligiidae |
| Genus: | Ligia |
| Species: | L. australiensis
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| 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). "Ligia australiensis Dana, 1853". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=257535.
- ↑ 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 (4): 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
Wikidata ☰ Q2908630 entry
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