Slater
Acanthodillo
FP-2675 (BWI sp. 1)
Discoverer: S. Judd (2013)
Fauna Portal species: 2675
Acanthodillo FP-2675 (BWI sp. 1), lateral (WAM C51682)
Image: Judd & Perina (2013; fig. 42)
Fauna Portal Image No. 1881Diagnosis
(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
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(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