Mesoniscus graniger

Mesoniscus graniger

Classification

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Mesoniscidae

Mesoniscus is a genus of woodlice, placed in its own family, Mesoniscidae, and section, Microcheta. It contains two species – Mesoniscus alpicolus and Mesoniscus graniger – that live in Central and Eastern Europe, mostly in and around caves. Distribution Mesoniscus is restricted to Central Europe and the Balkan Peninsula; the ranges of its two species do not overlap.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Austria · 1

Sources and credits

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Mesoniscus graniger

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