#4465 · 🦀 crabs & other crustaceans

Common Sea Slater

🇳🇱 Havenpissenbed ·Ligia oceanica

🦀 Crabs & other crustaceans 📍 in the Netherlands

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © Vincent L. · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Mark Robinson · CC BY 4.0
4. © franciscodocampo · CC BY 4.0
5. © Bill · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © tomtyne · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Julia Forli · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Carlos Pizcueta Suárez · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Ligia oceanica , the sea slater , common sea slater or sea roach , is a littoral woodlouse.

base stats

NL sightings 37iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,909iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 37 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #30 most seen of the crabs & other crustaceans in NL.
3,909 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1767 (259 years ago).