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Species Niambia capensis

Niambia capensis Niambia capensis Isopoda - Unknown, 2a - Niambia capensis Isopoda - Unknown, 2b - Niambia capensis Isopoda - Unknown, 2c - Niambia capensis Isopoda - Unknown, 2d - Niambia capensis Niambia capensis 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
Range
native to S Africa, adventive in our area (CA)(2)
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.