I love purple shore crabs! I never get tired of watching their sideways scuttle among cobblestones of the intertidal zone,…
Today lets talk about the weird and wonderful world of the Gooseneck Barnacles. I am somewhat embarrassed to admit that…
This member of the family Ligiidae was a particularly satisfying woodlouse to document, although they are far from rare, because…
Oniscids in the family Armadillidiidae (order Isopoda) are the woodlice that are properly called pillbugs, rolypolies, and potatobugs, due to…
Let’s just get this common name stuff out of the way. Woodlice is the standardized common name for the Oniscidea.…
These crustaceans are found on sandy beaches in the swash zone of the intertidal region. They burrow backwards into the…