AH_Spineless Cave Sphaeromatid Cave Hedgehog {Monolistra racovitzai Slovenia_5980.jpg
Spineless Cave Sphaeromatid / Cave Hedgehog {Monolistra racovitzai}. These troglobiotic isopods forage underwater in caves amongst the sediment for organic matter and are able to curl up into a ball to defend themselves. Here a number of them are feeding on a dead Cave Cricket {Troglophilus cavicola}. Slovenia, April.
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