Philoscia

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Philoscia
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Philoscia muscorum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Family: Philosciidae
Genus: Philoscia
Latreille, 1804

Philoscia is a genus of woodlice in the family Philosciidae. There are more than 80 described species in Philoscia. [1] [2] [3]

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Philoscia jacobsoni

Species

These 81 species belong to the genus Philoscia:

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References

  1. "Philoscia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  2. "Philoscia". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-12-25.