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Stenoniscus pleonalis Aubert & Dollfus, 1890

Widespread eyeless species. Found in littoral sand, soil

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Malacostraca

Order
Isopoda

Suborder
Oniscidea

Family
Stenoniscidae

Genus
Stenoniscus

Species
pleonalis

Taxon category: Accepted

Distribution

Distribution: Santa Cruz

References

  • Peck, S.B. (1990) Eyeless arthropods of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador: Composition and origin of the cryptozoic fauna of a young, tropical, oceanic archipelago. Biotropica 22(4): 366-381.

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