Niambia (genus)

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Niambia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Family: Platyarthridae
Genus: Niambia
Budde-Lund, 1904

Niambia is a genus of woodlice in the family Platyarthridae. [1] There are at least 20 described species in Niambia. [2] [3] [1]

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Species

These 23 species belong to the genus Niambia: [1] [4]

Data sources: i = ITIS, [5] c = Catalogue of Life, [2] g = GBIF, [3] b = Bugguide.net [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Niambia Budde-Lund, 1904 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 11 January 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Niambia". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  3. 1 2 "Niambia". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  4. Schmalfuss, H. (2003). "World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea)" (PDF). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde.
  5. "Niambia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  6. "Niambia Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-05.

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