Annobodillo

Annobodillo is a genus of armadillo woodlice, terrestrial crustacean isopods of the family Armadillidae.[1] The only species within the genus is Annobodillo coecus, which is endemic to the island of Annobón in Equatorial Guinea.[2] The species and the genus were described in 1983 by Helmut Schmalfuss and Franco Ferrara. The name of the genus Annobodillo refers to the island Annobón.

Annobodillo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Family: Armadillidae
Genus: Annobodillo
Species:
A. coecus
Binomial name
Annobodillo coecus
Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1983

References

Further reading

  • Schmalfuss, H. 2003. World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A Nr. 654: 341 pp.
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