Biology:Oniscus

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Short description: Genus of woodlice

Oniscus
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Oniscus asellus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Family: Oniscidae
Genus: Oniscus
Linnaeus, 1758 [1]
Species
  • Oniscus ancarensis Bilton, 1992
  • Oniscus asellus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Oniscus galicianus Bilton, 1997
  • Oniscus lusitanus Verhoeff, 1908
  • Oniscus simonii Budde-Lund, 1885

Oniscus is a genus of woodlice. It comprises five species, three of which are confined to northwestern Iberia (Oniscus ancarensis, O. galicianus and O. lusitanicus), one to the Pyrenees (Oniscus simonii), and one of which, O. asellus, is widespread across Europe and has been introduced to the Americas .[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3860737 entry