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Invertebrate identification please, 29th November 2014

Photographed on Sewerby steps, Bridlington a few yards from the beach. It appeared to be dead.
Photographed on Sewerby steps, Bridlington a few yards from the beach. It appeared to be dead. On the basis that it looks like a Woodlouse I presume it must be related to one.
 
I'm fairly confident this is a sea slater Ligia oceanica, which is a fairly common seashore woodlouse.
 
It is not a Sea Slater, as these have pronounced rear spines which the animal in the photograph lacks:

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I suspect it might be Porcellio scaber:

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Porcellio scaber was also my first thought, but to be a P. scaber it needs to have less antennae segments.... So it is definetely not that. The only other species with so much antennae segments is Ligidium hypnorum, but that one looks completely different.

The rear spines are not at all visible in the photo, which could be possible if it is a dead specimen.
 

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