Paraxenodillo is a genus of armadillo woodlice, terrestrial crustacean isopods of the family Armadillidae.[1] The only species within the genus is Paraxenodillo singularis, that lives in the island of Annobón in Equatorial Guinea.[2] The species and the genus were described in 1983 by Helmut Schmalfuss and Franco Ferrara.
Paraxenodillo | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Isopoda |
Suborder: | Oniscidea |
Family: | Armadillidae |
Genus: | Paraxenodillo |
Species: | P. singularis
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Binomial name | |
Paraxenodillo singularis Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1983
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References
edit- ^ Paraxenodillo Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1983. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 January 2019.
- ^ Paraxenodillo singularis Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1983. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 January 2019.
Further reading
edit- Schmalfuss, H. 2003. World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A Nr. 654: 341 pp.