Amphibious Shelter-Builder Oniscidea Species from the New World with Description of a New Subfamily
Author
Souza La
Author
Ferreira Rl
Author
Senna Ar
text
PLoS ONE
2015
10
5
1
18
journal article
10.1371/journal.pone.0115021
14b2412b-fbf3-4708-b99d-4fa2c098bd26
PMC4439081
25992909
269936
Subfamily
Iuiuniscinae
subfam. nov.
Etymology
Subfamily name based on genus name.
Diagnosis
Large, amphibious troglobiotic
Styloniscidae
about
10 mm
long; flexible body capable of folding; dorsal integument smooth or without ribs or large protrusions (
versus
with tubercles or longitudinal ribs in Notoniscinae and
versus
protrusions and lateral ribs in Kuscheloniscinae); enlarged coxal plates; pereopod
1
much shorter than the others, flanking the head; pleon-epimera
3–5
well developed (
versus
pleon-epimera
1–5
reduced in Styloniscinae and
versus
pleonepimera
3–5
very reduced in Kuscheloniscinae), forming acute tips; telson distal half is lower than the proximal half. This subfamily includes shelter-builder species.