- Ligidium hypnorum
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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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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)
- ^ 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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