Biology:Rhyscotus
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Short description: Genus of woodlice
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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: | Rhyscotidae |
| Genus: | Rhyscotus Budde-Lund, 1885 |
Rhyscotus is a genus of armadillo woodlice, land crustacean isopods of the family Rhyscotidae.[1] It was first described in 1885 by Gustav Budde-Lund.
The genus comprises the following species:[1]
- Rhyscotus albidemaculatus Budde-Lund, 1908
- Lewis, 1998 Mulaik, 1960
- Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1978 Rhyscotus somaliensis
- Rhyscotus globiceps Ferrara, 1972
- Rhyscotus bicolor Budde-Lund, 1908
- Budde-Lund, 1893 Rhyscotus texensis
- Rhyscotus jacksoni (Richardson, 1905)
- Rhyscotus australis Barnard, 1924
- Arcangeli, 1931 Budde-Lund, 1885
- Rhyscotus nasutus Rhyscotus colimensis
- Budde-Lund, 1908 Rhyscotus turgifrons
- Rhyscotus sphaerocephalus Rhyscotus rotundatus
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rhyscotus Budde-Lund, 1885. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 January 2019.
Further reading
- Schmalfuss, H. 2003. World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A Nr. 654: 341 pp.
Wikidata ☰ Q4346712 entry
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