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  3. Arthropods
  4. Malacostracans
  5. Isopods
  6. Valvetails

suborder

Valvetails

Valvifera

Includes
33 native 1 introduced
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Common Valvetails 28 native
  • Chaetiliidae 3 native
  • Arcturidae 1 native
  • Tubesquatters 1 native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native valvetails All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Eelgrass Isopod Pentidotea resecata 1,340 observations
  • Blunt-tailed Isopod Idotea urotoma 560 observations
  • Surf Sandmole Chiridotea coeca 64 observations
  • Long-horned Sandmole Chiridotea tuftsii 2 observations
  • River Sandmole Chiridotea almyra 2 observations

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