Spherarmadillo huatuscensis, MULAIK, 1960

Schmidt, Christian, 2007, Revision of the Neotropical Scleropactidae (Crustacea: Oniscidea), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 151, pp. 1-339 : 31

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00286.x
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03858799-4222-FFF4-9BDF-7972A9A0FA8F
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Spherarmadillo huatuscensis
status

Treatment

SPHERARMADILLO HUATUSCENSIS MULAIK, 1960 View in CoL

Spherarmadillo huatuscensis View in CoL – Schultz (1970); Leistikow & Wägele (1999 *); Souza-Kury (2000 *); Schmalfuss (2003 *).

No specimens were available.

According to the original description, this could be a distinct species. The main difference from the other species of Spherarmadillo are the extremely elongate uropod endopodites. Similar enlarged endopodites are not known from any other species of Oniscidea, and it would be interesting to study their function.

Geographical distribution

Mexico: Huatusco (Veracruz Prov.).

Habitat

Cave.