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Cape Calloused Beach Pillbug
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IUCN EN · Endangered

Cape Calloused Beach Pillbug

Tylos capensis

Tylos is a genus of woodlice in the family Tylidae. There are at least 20 described species in Tylos. All the species in this family can roll up into a perfect ball and live on sandy beaches.

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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 694703.