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Ligia vitiensis QQ

Rocklouse

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Rocklouse, Rock Louse, Sea-Slater

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE India - Fiji - Marquesas/Tuamotu

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group ?; N.Group - widespread; Terrestrial, lowlands (coastal), littoral

KEY FEATURES: To 2cmBL.

SIMILAR SPECIES: Ligiids require specimens. The intertidal Ligia vitiensis is the widespread Pacific species, but there might be other intertidal species. The circumtropical Ligia exotica might be found in Cook Islands harbours.

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN

Northern Group: Present
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
			P

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Ligia vitiensis QQ (Dana, 1853)
Query: tentative ID by Stefano Taiti from image (email 3/2005)

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CRUSTACEA; MALACOSTRACA; EUMALACOSTRACA; Peracarida; Isopoda; Oniscida; LIGIIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Pukapuka: fieldspecimen+photo, 3/2004, on wall of coastal house, G.McCormack, ID by Stefano Taiti from image as probably Ligia vitiensis (email 2005/3).

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB05a, zM05a

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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