Biology:Alpioniscus sideralis
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Short description: Species of woodlouse
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Superorder: | Peracarida |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Oniscidea |
| Family: | Trichoniscidae |
| Genus: | Alpioniscus |
| Species: | A. sideralis
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| Binomial name | |
| Alpioniscus sideralis Taiti & Argano, 2018
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Alpioniscus sideralis is a species of freshwater, cave-dwelling woodlice. It was first collected in a karstic Su Bantu cave in Supramonte, Sardinia by a group of astronauts during a subterranean training course CAVES organized by the European Space Agency (ESA) in 2012.[1][2][3][4] The species was formally described in a ZooKeys publication in 2018.[5]
Morphology
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![Alpioniscus sideralis from Grotta Su Bentu, male paratype[5]](/wiki/images/thumb/1/1b/Alpioniscus_sideralis_%2810.3897-zookeys.801.24102%29_Figure_15.jpg/120px-Alpioniscus_sideralis_%2810.3897-zookeys.801.24102%29_Figure_15.jpg)
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![Alpioniscus sideralis from Grotta Su Bentu, male paratype: mouthparts[5]](/wiki/images/thumb/4/4f/Alpioniscus_sideralis_%2810.3897-zookeys.801.24102%29_Figure_16.jpg/120px-Alpioniscus_sideralis_%2810.3897-zookeys.801.24102%29_Figure_16.jpg)
Alpioniscus sideralis from Grotta Su Bentu, male paratype: mouthparts[5] -
![Alpioniscus sideralis from Grotta Su Bentu, male paratype: limbs[5]](/wiki/images/thumb/1/1a/Alpioniscus_sideralis_%2810.3897-zookeys.801.24102%29_Figure_17.jpg/120px-Alpioniscus_sideralis_%2810.3897-zookeys.801.24102%29_Figure_17.jpg)
Alpioniscus sideralis from Grotta Su Bentu, male paratype: limbs[5]
![Alpioniscus sideralis from Grotta Su Bentu, male paratype[5]](/wiki/File:Alpioniscus_sideralis_(10.3897-zookeys.801.24102)_Figure_15.jpg)
![Alpioniscus sideralis from Grotta Su Bentu, male paratype: mouthparts[5]](/wiki/File:Alpioniscus_sideralis_(10.3897-zookeys.801.24102)_Figure_16.jpg)
![Alpioniscus sideralis from Grotta Su Bentu, male paratype: limbs[5]](/wiki/File:Alpioniscus_sideralis_(10.3897-zookeys.801.24102)_Figure_17.jpg)
See also
References
- ↑ "Astronauts Help Discover Newfound Crustacean During Cave Expedition" (in en). 2019-03-29. https://www.space.com/astronauts-discover-crustacean-species-caves.html.
- ↑ "Astronauts Spent 6 Nights in a Pitch-Black Cave, and Emerged with a Brand-New Species of Crustacean" (in en). 2019-03-28. https://www.livescience.com/65096-astronauts-discover-creepy-crustacean.html.
- ↑ "Back to the water" (in en). https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/CAVES_and_Pangaea/Back_to_the_water.
- ↑ "Astronauts bring back new life" (in en). https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Astronauts_bring_back_new_life.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Taiti, Stefano; Argano, Roberto; Marcia, Paolo; Scarpa, Fabio; Sanna, Daria; Casu, Marco (2018). "The genus Alpioniscus Racovitza, 1908 in Sardinia: taxonomy and natural history (Isopoda, Oniscidea, Trichoniscidae)" (in en). ZooKeys (801): 229–263. doi:10.3897/zookeys.801.24102. ISSN 1313-2970. PMID 30564038. Bibcode: 2018ZooK..801..229T.
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