| Eluma praticola | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Oniscidea |
| Family: | Armadillidiidae |
| Genus: | Eluma |
| Species: | E. praticola |
| Binomial name | |
| Eluma praticola Taiti & Rossano, 2015 | |
Eluma praticola is a species of woodlouse, found throughout northeastern Morocco in the Oued Laou basin. [1] Its name derives from the Latin word for meadow (pratum) and the stem of the Latin word for live (colere). [2]
Males grow to about 5.5 millimetres (0.22 in) in length, whereas egg-bearing females reach 7 millimetres (0.28 in) in length. The species has a convex body and has the ability to conglobate. It is brown in color, the epimera being paler on pereonites 2-7. Its dorsal surface is free of ornamentation, but contains numerous round pits and setae. Like other members of the Eluma genus its eyes consist of one large ommatidium. The telson is triangular. [2]
Isopoda is an order of crustaceans. Members of this group are called Isopods and include both terrestrial and aquatic species such as woodlice. All have rigid, segmented exoskeletons, two pairs of antennae, seven pairs of jointed limbs on the thorax, and five pairs of branching appendages on the abdomen that are used in respiration. Females brood their young in a pouch under their thorax.
Armadillidiidae is a family of woodlice, a terrestrial crustacean group in the order Isopoda. Unlike members of some other woodlice families, members of this family can roll into a ball, an ability they share with the outwardly similar but unrelated pill millipedes and other animals. This ability gives woodlice in this family their common names of pill bugs or roly polies. Other common names include slaters, potato bugs, butchy boys, and doodle bugs. Most species are native to the Mediterranean Basin, while a few species have wider European distributions. The best-known species, Armadillidium vulgare, was introduced to New England in the early 19th century and has become widespread throughout North America.
Iais singaporensis is a species of marine isopod found in Singapore. It is found living commensally on sphaeromatid isopods.
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Ligidium japonicum is a species of woodlouse found in moist forests in Japan. Individuals may live for up to two years and reach a length of 8 millimetres (0.31 in).
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Ligia cinerascens is a woodlouse in the family Ligiidae.
Ligia natalensis is a woodlouse-like isopod in the family Ligiidae.
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Trachelipodidae is a family of woodlice, containing the following genera:
Scleropactidae is a family of woodlice, with a predominantly Gondwanan distribution. It contains the following genera:
Suarezia is a genus of woodlice, in the family Scleropactidae, containing the two species Suarezia differens and Suarezia heterodoxa, both of which are endemic to Madagascar.
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Euidotea durvillei, known commonly as the red seaweed isopod, is a species of marine isopod found in New Zealand.
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Eluma caelata is a species of woodlouse found throughout Western Europe and Northwestern Africa. It has been introduced to other regions, such as French Guiana. It was first described as Armadillidium caelatum.
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