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Speckled selouse

Eurydice pulchra Leach, 1816

Status not recordedcrustaceans

The speckled selouse (Eurydice pulchra) is a species in the family Cirolanidae, order Isopoda.

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Quick facts about the speckled selouse

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the speckled selouse live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the speckled selouse as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Norway

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the speckled selouse endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the speckled selouse classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderIsopoda
  5. familyCirolanidae
  6. genusEurydice
  7. SpeciesEurydice pulchra Leach, 1816

Synonyms Euridice pulchra, Slabberina agata, Slabberina agilis, Slabberina gracilis

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • Speckled sea louseEnglish
  • Speckled sea-louseEnglish
  • smuk brakvandstanglusDanish
  • Schöne EurydiceGerman
  • Eurydice belleFrench
  • agaatpissebedDutch
  • EurydykaPolish
  • TidvattengråsuggaSwedish
  • Smuk tanglusDanish
  • gewone pissebedDutch
  • strandpissebedDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the speckled selouse

Other species in the same genus Eurydice.

CompareSpeckled selouse vs Eurydice acuticaudaSpeckled selouse vs Eurydice affinisSpeckled selouse vs Eurydice agilisSpeckled selouse vs Eurydice akiyamai

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the speckled selouse an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the speckled selouse as introduced in 1 country: Norway, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the speckled selouse?

The speckled selouse (Eurydice pulchra) belongs to the family Cirolanidae in the order Isopoda.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Speckled selouse (Eurydice pulchra). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/speckled-selouse

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BibTeX
@misc{speckled_selouse_2026,
  title = {Speckled selouse (Eurydice pulchra)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/speckled-selouse},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}