#4529 · 🦀 crabs & other crustaceans
Bleke mospissebed
Philoscia affinis
🦀 Crabs & other crustaceans 📍 in Europe, not in NL
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- 1. © John · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Laurent Barthe · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © thomas_oswald · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © Drepanostoma · CC BY 4.0
- 5. © Wido · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © John · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Bastien Louboutin · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © mgreilhuber · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Philoscia affinis is a species of isopod in the family Philosciidae.
base stats
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
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 1,404 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- Nederlands
- Bleke mospissebed
- scientific name
- Philoscia affinis
- class
- Malacostraca
- order
- Isopoda
- family
- Philosciidae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 1,243
- sightings worldwide
- 1,404
- GBIF records in NL
- 18
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
relatives· Philosciidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 542133, Wikidata Q2413650, GBIF 2209541, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.