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