''Rhyscotus'' is a genus 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
Rhyscotidae
Rhyscotidae is a family of woodlice (suborder Oniscidea), terrestrial crustaceans of 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 ...
.
It was first described in 1885 by
Gustav Budde-Lund.
The genus comprises the following species:
References
Further reading
* Schmalfuss, H. 2003. World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). ''
Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde,
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Woodlice
Isopod genera
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