Biology:Rhyscotus rotundatus

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Short description: Species of woodlouse

Rhyscotus rotundatus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Family: Rhyscotidae
Genus: Rhyscotus
Species:
R. rotundatus
Binomial name
Rhyscotus rotundatus
Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1978

Rhyscotus rotundatus is a species of armadillo woodlice, a terrestrial crustacean isopod of the family Rhyscotidae. It is endemic to the island of São Tomé in São Tomé and Príncipe.[1] The species was described in 1978 by Helmut Schmalfuss and Franco Ferrara.

References

Further reading

  • Schmalfuss, H. 2003. World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A Nr. 654: 341 pp.

Wikidata ☰ Q3865079 entry