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Miktoniscus patiencei

Miktoniscus patiencei

Classification

Order
Isopoda

Woodlice are the most species-rich group of terrestrial crustaceans. Of the 4,000 described species found worldwide, 35 species in 10 families are native to the British Isles. One of these species, Acaeroplastes melanurus, had been considered extinct in the British Isles but was rediscovered in 2002 at its only site (Howth, County Dublin, Ireland), and a further ten species have become naturalised in greenhouses, presumably transported with exotic plants.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United Kingdom · 8Netherlands · 5