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Eleoniscus

Eleoniscus is a genus of the small terrestrial crustaceans known as woodlice. It includes one species, Eleoniscus helenae, which is endemic to Alicante province, Spain, where it is known from two caves. It may have been extirpated from one of the two caves through the increasing urbanisation of the Macizo de Montgó.

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Eleoniscus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Family: Armadillidiidae
Genus: Eleoniscus
Racovitza, 1907 1
Species:
E. helenae
Binomial name
Eleoniscus helenae
Racovitza, 1907

Eleoniscus is a genus of the small terrestrial crustaceans known as woodlice. It includes one species, Eleoniscus helenae, which is endemic to Alicante province, Spain,2 where it is known from two caves.3 It may have been extirpated from one of the two caves (the species' type location) through the increasing urbanisation of the Macizo de Montgó.3

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References

  1. "Eleoniscus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. Helmut Schmalfuss (2003). "World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) — revised and updated version" (PDF). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A. 654: 341 pp. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-24. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
  3. Jordi Domingo Calabuig, Sergio Montagud Alario & Alberto Sendra Mocholí (2007). "Eleoniscus helenae". Invertebrados endémicos de la comunitat Valenciana (in Spanish). Generalitat Valenciana. p. 109. ISBN 978-84-482-4247-3.