Trichorhina acuta is a species of woodlouse, originally described by Araujo and Buckup in 1994. Distributed throughout Brazil,[1] it can be found living synantropically, under dead plant matter or stones.[2]

Trichorhina acuta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Family: Platyarthridae
Genus: Trichorhina
Species:
T. acuta
Binomial name
Trichorhina acuta
Araujo & Buckup, 1994

Etymology

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The name comes from the Greek prefix tri-, meaning three and the Greek word chorhina, meaning villages. It also has the Greek word acuta, meaning sharp.

References

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  1. ^ Leistikow, Andreas (1999). "Checklist of the terrestrial isopods of the new world (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea)". Revta Bras. Zool. 16 (1): 28. doi:10.1590/S0101-81751999000100001.
  2. ^ Souza, Leila A. (2011). "The genus Trichorhina Budde-Lund in Brazil, with description of seven new species (Isopoda, Oniscidea, Platyarthridae)". Iheringia, Série Zoologia, Porto Alegre. 101 (3): 241.