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Hemilepistus reaumuri (Isopoda: Agnaridae)
... that the
woodlouse
Hemilepistus reaumuri
can only survive in the
desert
(pictured)
because it
looks after its young
?
... that the Reverend
Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing
, who became a strong supporter of
Darwinism
, was ordained by
Samuel Wilberforce
,
Bishop of Oxford
, one of its greatest opponents?
... that
Chirocephalus diaphanus
is the only species of
fairy shrimp
to occur in
Great Britain
?
... that the
slipper lobster
Scyllarus pygmaeus
is too small for
fishing
?