Trichoniscus pusillus

Trichoniscus pusillus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Family: Trichoniscidae
Genus: Trichoniscus
Species:
T. pusillus
Binomial name
Trichoniscus pusillus
Brandt, 1833 [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Itea laevis
  • Philougria celer
  • Spiloniscus elisabethae
  • Trichoniscus caelebs
  • Trichoniscus coelebs
  • Trichoniscus elisabethae
  • Trichoniscus rhenanus

Trichoniscus pusillus, sometimes called the common pygmy woodlouse, is one of the five most common species of woodlice in the British Isles. It is acknowledged to be the most abundant terrestrial isopod in Britain.[3] It is found commonly across Europe north of the Alps, and has been introduced to Madeira, the Azores and North America.[4]

  1. ^ "Trichoniscus pusillus Brandt, 1833". 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.
  3. ^ J. Phillipson (1983). "Life cycle, numbers, biomass and respiratory metabolism of Trichoniscus pusillus (Crustacea, Isopoda) in a beech woodland — Wytham Woods, Oxford". Oecologia. 57 (3): 339–343. Bibcode:1983Oecol..57..339P. doi:10.1007/BF00377178. PMID 28309361. S2CID 13591328.
  4. ^ E. Hornung. "List of the Hungarian Terrestrial Isopod Fauna". Szent István Egyetem Állatorvos-tudományi Kar.