Trichorhina anophthalma is a species of woodlouse distributed throughout southern Spain and Portugal.[1]
Trichorhina anophthalma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Isopoda |
Suborder: | Oniscidea |
Family: | Platyarthridae |
Genus: | Trichorhina |
Species: | T. anophthalma
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Binomial name | |
Trichorhina anophthalma Arcangeli, 1936
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Ecology
editT. anophthalma can be found living in caves. It is however theorized to simply be a troglophile rather than a troglobiont.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Reboleira, Ana Sofia P.S.; Goncalves, Fernando; Oromí, Pedro; Taiti, Stefano (2015-12-11). "The cavernicolous Oniscidea (Crustacea: Isopoda) of Portugal". European Journal of Taxonomy (161). doi:10.5852/ejt.2015.161. hdl:10773/18035. ISSN 2118-9773.