Slater Acanthodillo FP-2675 (BWI sp. 1)
Discoverer: S. Judd (2013)

Fauna Portal species: 2675
Family: Armadillidae


FP-2675 (BWI sp. 1)

Acanthodillo FP-2675 (BWI sp. 1), lateral (WAM C51682)

Image: Judd & Perina (2013; fig. 42)

Fauna Portal Image No. 1881

Diagnosis

(after Judd & Perina 2013): On Barrow Island diagnosed by pleopod exopodites not interlocking and with the fifth pair visible; uropod protopodite with distal part long and tapering; frontal shield raised form vertex; and dorsal surface with prominent tubercles.

The degree of dorsal ornamentation can vary considerably among specimens collected from the same locality.

Status

  • native

Fauna Portal Reference

1 ♂
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Western Australian Museum
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C51682
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17.05.05
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Australia
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Western Australia
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Barrow Island, Curtin 017 (2005)

Australia

  • Western Australia

Similar Species


Publications

Judd S. & Perina G. (2013): An illustrated key to the morphospecies of terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Oniscidea) of Barrow Island, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement. 83: 185 - 207


Volker Framenau, 04 December 2023