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Niambia capensis
Species
Niambia capensis
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Crustacea (Crustaceans)
Class
Malacostraca (Malacostracans)
Superorder
Peracarida (Marsupial Crustaceans)
Order
Isopoda (Isopods)
No Taxon
(Scutocoxifera)
Suborder
Oniscidea (Woodlice)
Infraorder
Holoverticata
No Taxon
(Orthogonopoda)
No Taxon
(Crinocheta)
Family
Platyarthridae
Genus
Niambia
Species
capensis
(Niambia capensis)
Explanation of Names
Niambia capensis
(Dollfus 1895)
Identification
habitus drawing
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1
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Range
native to S Africa, adventive in our area (CA)
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2
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Works Cited
1.
The Light & Smith manual: Intertidal invertebrates from Central California to Oregon, 4th edition
Carlton J.T., ed. 2007. UC Press, Berkeley‒Los Angeles‒London. 1019 pp.
2.
Checklist of the terrestrial isopods of the New World (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea)
Leistikow A., Wägele J.W. 1999. Rev. Bras. Zool. 16: 1‒72.
Contributed by
Harsi S. Parker
on 5 May, 2010 - 11:44am
Additional contributions by
Beatriz Moisset
,
v belov
Last updated 29 August, 2023 - 9:23pm