Ligidium hypnorum

Ligidium hypnorum
Ligidium hypnorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Ligiidae
Genus: Ligidium
Species: L. hypnorum
Binomial name
Ligidium hypnorum
(Cuvier, 1792)
Synonyms [1]
  • Ligia melanocephala C. Koch, 1838
  • Ligidium agile (Persoon, 1793)
  • Ligidium amethystinum Schöbl, 1861
  • Ligidium carpathicum Verhoeff, 1937
  • Ligidium cursorium Budde-Lund, 1885
  • Ligidium melanocephalum (C. Koch, 1838)
  • Ligidium paludicola (C. Koch, 1841)
  • Ligidium persoonii Brandt, 1833
  • Ligidium silvaenigrae Verhoeff, 1937
  • Oniscus agilis Persoon, 1793
  • Oniscus hypnorum Cuvier, 1792
  • Zia agilis C. Koch, 1841
  • Zia melanocephala C. Koch, 1841
  • Zia paludicolia C. Koch, 1841
  • Zia saundersi Stebbing, 1873

Ligidium hypnorum is a species of woodlouse found across Europe and western Asia.[1] It is a fast-moving, active species which rarely grows longer than 9 millimetres (0.35 in).[2] It is dark and shiny, and is similar in appearance to the common species Philoscia muscorum, and also the rarer Oritoniscus flavus.[2] In Great Britain, it was first discovered at Copthorne Common, Surrey in 1873, and the majority of later records are also from South East England.[2] It is considered a good indicator species for ancient woodland.[3]

See also

  • List of woodlice of the British Isles

References

  1. ^ a b Helmut Schmalfuss (2003). "World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) — revised and updated version". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A 654: 341 pp. http://www.oniscidea-catalog.naturkundemuseum-bw.de/Cat_terr_isop.pdf. 
  2. ^ a b c Paul T. Harding & Stephen L. Sutton (1985). Woodlice in Britain and Ireland: distribution and habitat. Abbots Ripton, Huntingdon, Institute of Terrestrial Ecology. pp. 151. ISBN 0904282856. http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/5276/1/Woodlice.pdf.  accessed through the NERC Open Access Research Archive (NORA)
  3. ^ Earthwatch Institute (February 19, 2009). "One year in the woods - the Earthwatch Regional Climate Centre at Wytham Woods, Oxford". http://www.earthwatch.org/europe/newsroom/corporate_partnerships/news-6-wythamyear.html. 


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