Biology:Metaperiscyphops

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Short description: Genus of crustaceans

Metaperiscyphops
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Family: Eubelidae
Genus: Metaperiscyphops
Species:
M. insulanus
Binomial name
Metaperiscyphops insulanus
Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1976

Metaperiscyphops insulanus is an endemic species of armadillo woodlice, land crustacean isopods of the family Eubelidae. It occurs on the island of Príncipe in São Tomé and Príncipe.[1] It is the only species of the genus Metaperiscyphops. The genus and the species were described in 1976 by Helmut Schmalfuss and Franco Ferrara.

References

Further reading

  • Schmalfuss, H. 2003. World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A Nr. 654: 341 pp.

Wikidata ☰ Q3912295 entry