Rhyscotus rotundatus is a species of armadillo woodlice, a terrestrial crustacean isopod of the family Rhyscotidae. It is endemic to the island of São Tomé in São Tomé and Príncipe.[1] The species was described in 1978 by Helmut Schmalfuss and Franco Ferrara.
| Rhyscotus rotundatus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Oniscidea |
| Family: | Rhyscotidae |
| Genus: | Rhyscotus |
| Species: | R. rotundatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhyscotus rotundatus Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1978
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References
edit- ^ Rhyscotus rotundatus Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1978. 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.
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