Biology:Calmanesia
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Calmanesia is a genus of woodlice belonging to the family Armadillidae. This genus was described in 1922 by Walter Edward Collinge. The type specimen for this species is a Calmanesia methueni from the Forest of Folohoy in eastern Madagascar.[1][2] There are currently four species in this genus.[2]
Description
Calmanesia sp. have a spiny dorsum and a triangular telson.[3]
Distribution
This genus has only been found on Madagascar.[1][4]
Species
- Calmanesia erinaceus Barnard, 1958
- Calmanesia horrida (Budde-Lund, 1908)
- Calmanesia lonchotes Barnard, 1960
- Calmanesia methueni Collinge, 1922
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Schmidt, Christian; Leistikow, Andreas. "Catalogue of genera of the terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea)". Steenstrupia 28 (1): 19-20.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Calmanesia Collinge, 1922". https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=248571.
- ↑ Taiti, Stefano; Paoli, Pasquino; Ferrera, Franco (1993). "MORPHOLOGY, BIOGEOGRAPHY, AND ECOLOGY OF THE FAMILY ARMADILLIDAE (CRUSTACEA, ONISCIDEA)". Israel Journal of Zoology 44: 291-301.
- ↑ Schmalfuss, Helmut (2003). World Catalog of the Terrestrial isopods (Isopoda:Oniscidea). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A, Nr. pp. 66-67.
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