Styloniscus is a genus of woodlice in the family Styloniscidae. It contains the following species as of 2010:[4]

Styloniscus
S. longistylis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Family: Styloniscidae
Genus: Styloniscus
Dana, 1853[1]
Type species
Styloniscus longistylis[2][3]
Dana, 1853
Synonyms[4][3]
  • Antarctoniscus Paulian de Félice, 1940
  • Microniscus Dollfus, 1890 non Müller, 1871
  • Oligoniscus Dollfus, 1890
  • Patagoniscus Verhoeff, 1939

References

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  1. ^ Dana, James D. (1853). Crustaea. Part II. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkens U.S.N. Vol. 13. Philadelphia: C. Sherman. pp. 736–738.
  2. ^ Jackson, Harold Gordon (1941). "Check-List of the Terrestrial and Fresh-Water Isopoda of Oceania". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 99 (8): 7.
  3. ^ a b Schmidt, Christian; Leistikow, Andreas (2004). "Catalogue of genera of the terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea)" (PDF). Steenstrupia. 28 (1): 9, 52, 61, 68, 89. ISSN 0375-2909.
  4. ^ a b Marilyn Schotte (2009). M. Schotte; C. B. Boyko; N. L. Bruce; G. C. B. Poore; S. Taiti; G. D. F. Wilson (eds.). "Styloniscus Dana, 1852". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
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