Trichorhina acuta
| Trichorhina acuta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Oniscidea |
| Family: | Platyarthridae |
| Genus: | Trichorhina |
| Species: | T. acuta
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| Binomial name | |
| Trichorhina acuta Araujo & Buckup, 1994
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Trichorhina acuta is a species of woodlouse, originally described by Araujo and Buckup in 1994. Distributed throughout Brazil,[1] it can be found living synantropically, under dead plant matter or stones.[2]
Etymology
The name comes from the Greek prefix tri-, meaning three and the Greek word chorhina, meaning villages. It also has the Greek word acuta, meaning sharp.
References
- ^ Leistikow, Andreas (1999). "Checklist of the terrestrial isopods of the new world (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea)". Revta Bras. Zool. 16 (1): 28. doi:10.1590/S0101-81751999000100001.
- ^ Souza, Leila A. (2011). "The genus Trichorhina Budde-Lund in Brazil, with description of seven new species (Isopoda, Oniscidea, Platyarthridae)". Iheringia, Série Zoologia, Porto Alegre. 101 (3): 241.