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Acanthoniscus
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Acanthoniscus

Acanthoniscus is a genus of woodlice belonging to the family Armadillidae. This genus was described in 1851 by Philip Henry Gosse. The type specimen for this species is an Acanthoniscus spiniger from Jamaica and it is currently stored in the collection of The Natural History Museum, London. There are currently 2 species in this genus.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Acanthoniscus richardsonae

speciesAcanthoniscus richardsonae

Acanthoniscus spiniger

speciesAcanthoniscus spiniger

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1123052.