''Metaperiscyphops insulanus'' is an endemic species of armadillo woodlice, land crustacean
isopod
Isopoda is an order of crustaceans that includes woodlice and their relatives. Isopods live in the sea, in fresh water, or on land. All have rigid, segmented exoskeletons, two pairs of antennae, seven pairs of jointed limbs on the thorax, an ...
s of the family
Eubelidae
Eubelidae is a family of isopods belonging to the order Isopoda
Isopoda is an order of crustaceans that includes woodlice and their relatives. Isopods live in the sea, in fresh water, or on land. All have rigid, segmented exoskeletons, two ...
. It occurs on the island of
Príncipe
Príncipe is the smaller, northern major island of the country of São Tomé and Príncipe lying off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea. It has an area of (including offshore islets) and a population of 7,324 at the 2012 Census; in
São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe (; pt, São Tomé e Príncipe (); English: " Saint Thomas and Prince"), officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe ( pt, República Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe), is a Portuguese-speaking i ...
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It is the only species of the genus ''Metaperiscyphops''. The genus and the species were described in 1976 by
Helmut Schmalfuss and
Franco Ferrara
Franco Ferrara (Palermo, 4 July 1911Florence, 7 September 1985) was an Italian conductor and teacher. Among his many students are various prominent conductors, including Roberto Abbado, Riccardo Chailly, Andrew Davis and Riccardo Muti.
Life and ...
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References
Further reading
* Schmalfuss, H. 2003. World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). ''
Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde,'' Serie A Nr. 654: 341 pp.
Isopoda
Endemic fauna of Príncipe
Invertebrates of São Tomé and Príncipe
Monotypic crustacean genera
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