Helleria brevicornis

Helleria brevicornis
Plate from first published description[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Family: Tylidae
Genus: Helleria
Species:
H. brevicornis
Binomial name
Helleria brevicornis
(Ebner, 1868)
Synonyms[2]
  • Syspastus brevicornis Ebner, 1868
  • Syspastus brevicornis Budde-Lund, 1879
  • Synlomogaster dasypus Costa, 1882
  • Syngastron dasypus Costa, 1883
  • Syspastus sardous Verhoeff, 1908

Helleria brevicornis, the sole species of the monotypic genus Helleria, is a terrestrial woodlouse endemic to the islands and coastal regions of the northern Tyrrhenian sea.[3] H. brevicornis is of interest due to its endemism, unique ecology and basal position in the suborder Oniscidea.

  1. ^ Dr. Victor von Ebner (1868). "Helleria, eine neue Isopoden-Gattung aus der Familie der Oniscoiden. Mit einer Tafel. (Tab. 1)". Verhandlungen der ZoologischBotanischen Gesellschaft in Wien (in Latin and German). 18: 95–114 – via archive.org.
  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 2018-07-20.
  3. ^ Franco, FERRARA; Stefano, TAITI (1996). "The terrestrial Isopoda of Corsica (Crustacea, Oniscidea)" (PDF). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (in French and English). 18 (3–4) – via Bionames.