Metaperiscyphops
| Metaperiscyphops | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Oniscidea |
| Family: | Eubelidae |
| Genus: | |
| Species: | M. insulanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Metaperiscyphops insulanus Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1976
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Metaperiscyphops insulanus is an endemic species of armadillo woodlice, land crustacean isopods of the family Eubelidae. It occurs on the island of Príncipe in São Tomé and Príncipe.[1] It is the only species of the genus Metaperiscyphops. The genus and the species were described in 1976 by Helmut Schmalfuss and Franco Ferrara.
References
- ^ Metaperiscyphops insulanus Ferrara & Schmalfuss, 1976. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 December 2018.
Further reading
- Schmalfuss, H. 2003. World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A Nr. 654: 341 pp.