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Trichoniscus Asper
''Trichoniscus'' is a genus of woodlouse, woodlice. It contains over 100 species, including the common pygmy woodlouse, ''Trichoniscus pusillus'': *''Trichoniscus aenariensis'' Verhoeff, 1942 *''Trichoniscus alemannicus'' Verhoeff, 1917 *''Trichoniscus alexandrae'' Caruso, 1978 *''Trichoniscus alticola'' Legrand, Strouhal & Vandel, 1950 *''Trichoniscus anophthalmus'' Vandel, 1965 *''Trichoniscus apenninicus'' Taiti & Ferrara, 1995 *''Trichoniscus aphonicus'' Borutzky, 1977 *''Trichoniscus asper'' Menge, 1854 *''Trichoniscus baschierii'' Brian, 1953 *''Trichoniscus bassoti'' Vandel, 1960 *''Trichoniscus beroni'' Andreev, 1985 *''Trichoniscus beschkovi'' Andreev, 1986 *''Trichoniscus biformatus'' Racovitza, 1908 *''Trichoniscus bogovinae'' Pljakić, 1970 *''Trichoniscus bononiensis'' Vandel, 1965 *''Trichoniscus bosniensis'' Verhoeff, 1901 *''Trichoniscus bulgaricus'' Andreev, 1970 *''Trichoniscus bureschi'' Verhoeff, 1926 *''Trichoniscus buturovici'' Pljakić, 1972 *''Trichoniscus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trichoniscus Pusillus
''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. It is found commonly across Europe north of the Alps, and has been introduced to Madeira, the Azores and North America. Description ''T. pusillus'' may be distinguished from other British woodlice chiefly by its small size, which reaches no more than . Its body is elongate and quite rounded in cross section, and typically purplish. It may be separated from related species in North America by its eyes of three ocelli each, rather than the single ocellus in the eyes of its relative '' Hyloniscus riparius''. Reproduction There are two distinct reproductive strategies within the species ''Trichoniscus pusillus''. Many populations are, like most metazoans, bisexual and reproduce sexually; in other cases, females reproduce parthenogenetically, creating clones of themsel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |