Porcellio albicornis

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Porcellio albicornis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Family: Porcellionidae
Genus: Porcellio
Species:
P. albicornis
Binomial name
Porcellio albicornis
(Dollfus, 1896)
Synonyms [1]
  • Lucasius albicornisDollfus, 1896

Porcellio albicornis is a species of woodlouse in the genus Porcellio belonging to the family Porcellionidae that can be found on the Italian island of Sicily. [2]

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References

  1. "Synonym". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 3 January 2008. Retrieved November 24, 2012.
  2. "Porcellio albicornis (Dollfus, 1896)". Fauna Europaea . 2.6.2. August 29, 2013. Retrieved October 12, 2013.