| Trichorhina mulaiki | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Oniscidea |
| Family: | Platyarthridae |
| Genus: | Trichorhina |
| Species: | T. mulaiki |
| Binomial name | |
| Trichorhina mulaiki Schmalfuss, 2003 | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Trichorhina mulaiki is a species of woodlouse in the family Platyarthridae.
Trichorhina mulaiki was found near Chilapa de Álvarez, Guerrero, Mexico, where it lives in humus in montane forests. [2]
The species was first described by Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff in 1933, as Mexicostylus squamatus. M. squamatus was the only species in the genus Mexicostylus, but that genus was later synonymised with the genus Trichorhina . Since that genus already contained a species T. squamata, a new name had to be provided, and so the species became Trichorhina mulaiki. [1]
Isopoda is an order of crustacean, which includes woodlice and their relatives. Members of this group are called Isopods and include both terrestrial and aquatic species. 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.
Metatrichoniscoides is a genus of isopod crustacean in family Trichoniscidae.
A woodlouse is any crustacean belonging to the suborder Oniscidea within the order Isopoda. They get their name from often being found in old wood, and from louse, a parasitic insect, although woodlice are neither parasitic nor insects.
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Oniscus is a genus of woodlice. It comprises five species, three of which are confined to northwestern Iberia, one to the Pyrenees, and one of which, O. asellus, is widespread across Europe and has been introduced to the Americas .
Hemilepistus is a genus of woodlice, created by G. H. A. Budde-Lund in 1879 as a subgenus of Porcellio, but raised to the rank of genus by Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff in 1930. It contains the following species:
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Mesoniscus is a genus of woodlice, placed in its own family, Mesoniscidae, and section, Microcheta. It contains two species – Mesoniscus alpicolus and Mesoniscus graniger – that live in Central and Eastern Europe, mostly in and around caves.
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Pseudolobodillo is a genus of endemic armadillo woodlice, land crustacean isopods of the family Armadillidae. The only species in the genus is Pseudolobodillo principensis. It occurs in the island of Príncipe in São Tomé and Príncipe. The genus and the species were described in 1983 by Helmut Schmalfuss and Franco Ferrara.
Paraxenodillo is a genus of armadillo woodlice, terrestrial crustacean isopods of the family Armadillidae. The only species within the genus is Paraxenodillo singularis, that lives in the island of Annobón in Equatorial Guinea. The species and the genus were described in 1983 by Helmut Schmalfuss and Franco Ferrara.
Helleria brevicornis, the sole species of the monotypic genus Helleria, is a terrestrial woodlouse endemic to the islands and coastal regions of the northern Tyrrhenian sea. H. brevicornis is of interest due to its endemism, unique ecology and basal position in the suborder Oniscidea.
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Hawaiioscia is a genus of woodlouse known from the Hawaii, Rapa Nui, and Costa Rica. The genus was originally described from Hawaii on the presence of four troglobitic species on separate islands. A species within this genus was then described from Rapa Nui which lacked troglobtic traits, but only persists in cave-dwelling relict populations. Surprisingly, another species was then described from along the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica.
Armadillidium sfenthourakisi is a European species of woodlouse endemic to Greece.
Armadillidium maniatum is a European species of woodlouse endemic to Greece.
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Trichorhina is a genus of woodlice in the family Platyarthridae.
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