Ligidium japonicum

Ligidium japonicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Isopoda
Family:	Ligiidae
Genus:	Ligidium
Species:	L. japonicum
Binomial name
	Ligidium japonicum; Verhoeff, 1918 [1]

Ligidium japonicum is a species of woodlouse found in moist forests in Japan. Individuals may live for up to two years and reach a length of 8 millimetres (0.31 in).[2]

References

M. Schotte (2009). M. Schotte; C. N. Boyko; N. L. Bruce; J. Markham; G. C. B. Poore; S. Taiti; G. D. F. Wilson (eds.). "Ligidium japonicum Verhoeff, 1918". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 15, 2009.
Yoshinori Ando (1996). "Life history patterns of two coexisting isopods (Ligidium japonicim and Ligidium koreanum) in a Cryptomeria japonica plantation of southwestern Japan" (PDF). Edaphologia. 56: 31–56. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22.

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[1] M. Schotte (2009). M. Schotte; C. N. Boyko; N. L. Bruce; J. Markham; G. C. B. Poore; S. Taiti; G. D. F. Wilson (eds.). "Ligidium japonicum Verhoeff, 1918". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 15, 2009.

[2] Yoshinori Ando (1996). "Life history patterns of two coexisting isopods (Ligidium japonicim and Ligidium koreanum) in a Cryptomeria japonica plantation of southwestern Japan" (PDF). Edaphologia. 56: 31–56. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22.