Oniscus

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Oniscus
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Oniscus asellus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Family: Oniscidae
Genus: Oniscus
Linnaeus, 1758 [1]
Species

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

References[]

  1. ^ "Oniscus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. ^ Schmalfuss, Helmut (2003). "World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) — revised and updated version" (PDF). . Serie A. 654: 1–341.
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