Stenoniscus carinatus Silvestri, 1897

Taiti, Stefano & Rossano, Claudia, 2015, Terrestrial isopods from the Oued Laou basin, north-eastern Morocco (Crustacea: Oniscidea), with descriptions of two new genera and seven new species, Journal of Natural History 49 (33), pp. 2067-2138 : 2091

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2015.1009512
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4337170
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scientific name	Stenoniscus carinatus Silvestri, 1897
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Treatment

Stenoniscus carinatus Silvestri, 1897 View in CoL

Material examined

1 ♀, St. 5, beach under stones, leg. S. Taiti and C. Rossano, 1 May 2004 ( MZUF 9475 View Materials ) .

Distribution

This littoral species is common along the coasts of Canary Islands, Portugal, Corsica, Italy, Malta and Croatia. It is also recorded from Florida ( Taiti and Ferrara 1996), where it is most probably introduced. New record for the Rif region and northern Africa.

Remarks

For diagnostic characters of S. carinatus see Schmidt (2003, Figures 67–72).

References

Schmidt C. 2003. Contribution to the phylogenetic system of the Crinocheta (Crustacea, Isopoda). Part 2 (Oniscoidea to Armadillidiidae). Mitt Mus Naturk Berlin, Zool Reihe. 79: 3 - 179.

Silvestri F. 1897. Descrizione di alcune nuove specie di isopodi della fauna mediterranea. Ann Mus civ Storia nat Giacomo Doria. 2: 413 - 416.

Taiti S, Ferrara F. 1996. The terrestrial Isopoda of Corsica (Crustacea, Oniscidea). Bull Mus natl Hist nat Paris. 18: 459 - 545. 4 e Serie.