merisiira
Ligia oceanica
#nm_0584📍 Finland
- Language
- Finnish
- Transliteration
- merisiira
- IPA
- /ˈmerisiːrɑ/
Compound: meri + siira meri: sea, siira: isopod, woodlouse-like crustacean ↳ siira is a native Finnish dialectal word for isopod crustaceans, of uncertain further origin
Sea slater, a large marine isopod about 3 cm long. Nocturnal, sheltering by day and foraging at night on rocky shores above the high-water line in the north-east Atlantic.