Watercress Sowbug

Lirceus brachyurus

Classification

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Asellidae

Lirceus is a genus of isopod crustaceans in the family Asellidae that live in southern Canada and the eastern United States as far west as the Great Plains. Of the 15 species in the genus, two are listed as either endangered (EN) or vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List.

Distribution

Watercress Sowbug — (c) Susan Mott, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC-BY-SA

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 27

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Susan Mott, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC-BY-SA DescriptionLirceus, Wikipedia contributors

Watercress Sowbug

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