Oniscus

Oniscus
Oniscus asellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
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

  1. ↑ "Oniscus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. ↑ Helmut Schmalfuss (2003). "World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) — revised and updated version". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A 654: 341 pp.