Identification keys

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Countries

Australia

Western Australia

Freely available:

Guide to Barrow Island by Jugg & Perina (2013)

Chile

General

Freely available:

CLAVE DE IDENTIFICACIÓN by Pérez-Schultheiss

France

Southern France

Freely available:

Guide by Noël & Séchet (2021)

Germany

General keys

Freely available:

Guide by Bodentier hoch 4 (in German)

Great Britain

General keys

Freely available:

Introduction to woodlice by Paul Richards (2011)

For sale:

A key to the woodlice of Britain and Ireland ~ FSC AIDGAP key (1991)

Woodlice ~ Linnean Society Synopsis (New Series) 49 (1993)

Southern England

Freely available:

Steve Gregory (2019)

Water slaters

For sale:

Gledhill, A.T., Sutcliffe, D.W. & Williams, W.D. (1993). British freshwater Crustacea Malacostraca: a key with ecological notes. Freshwater Biological Association Scientific Publication No 52. Available from FBA website.

Marine isopods

Freely available:

British Marine Isopods: Keys and Notes for the Identification of the Species (1972)

Iceland

General

Freely available:

Guide for Haploniscidae by Kürzel et al.

Mexico

Salt- and freshwater isopods

Freely available:

Isópodos Acuáticos GUÍA DE IDENTIFICACIÓN DECONTINENTALES MEXICANOS

Northern Mexico

Freely available:

Guide on Inaturalist

Genus Paraimene

Freely available:

Guide by Ortiz et al. (2011)

New Zealand

Phreatoicid isopods

Freely available:

Guide by NIWA (2007)

Oman

General keys

Freely available:

Guide by me (2023)

Romania

Cavernicolous

Freely available:

Guide to the Cavernicolous Oniscidea of Romania by Giurginca & Tabacaru

USA

California

Freely available:

Guide on Inaturalist

Guide for Southern California Bight by Stebbins and Wetzer (2023)

Freshwater isopods

Freely available:

Freshwater Isopods (Asellidae) of North America (1976)

General

Freely available:

Guide for order Isopoda (2005)

Marine isopods

Freely available:

Key to the isopods of the pacific coast of North America (1899)

Maryland

Freely available:

Guide by Shultz (2018)

Texas

Freely available:

Shallow water marine isopods of Texas (1978)

Wisconsin

Freely available:

Wisconsin freshwater isopods (Asellidae) (1997)

Taxonomy

Those do not necessarily contain all species of a certain genera or family but rather a few of them.

Asselidae

Freely available:

Freshwater Isopods (Asellidae) of North America (1976)

For sale:

Gledhill, A.T., Sutcliffe, D.W. & Williams, W.D. (1993). British freshwater Crustacea Malacostraca: a key with ecological notes. Freshwater Biological Association Scientific Publication No 52. Available from FBA website

Haploniscidae

Freely available:

Guide for Haploniscidae by Kürzel et al.

Genus Paraimene

Freely available:

Guide by Ortiz et al. (2011)

Genus Ancinus

Freely available:

Key to the species of Ancinus (1987)

Phreatoicid isopods

Freely available:

Guide by NIWA (2007)

Guides