Ligia cajennensis

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Ligia cajennensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Family: Ligiidae
Genus: Ligia
Species:
L. cajennensis
Binomial name
Ligia cajennensis
Koch, 1847  [1]

Ligia cajennensis is a woodlouse in the family Ligiidae. It has a relatively narrow body with a rough, grainy texture. It's a dark yellow/rust color, with lighter antennae and legs. Its eyes are brownish black. [2]

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Distribution

L. cajennensis is known from the coast of French Guiana. [2]

Only one specimen has been found for this species, in 1847, and since then, other authors have considered it too insufficiently described to comment further on it.

References

  1. ↑ Marilyn Schotte (2010). Schotte M, Boyko CB, Bruce NL, Poore GC, Taiti S, Wilson GD (eds.). "Ligia cajennensis Koch, 1840". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans Database. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved August 27, 2012.
  2. 1 2 Koch, C.L. (1847). System der Myriapoden, mit den Verzeichnissen und Berichtigungen zu deutschalands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden heft 1-40. pp. 213–214.
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