Polyacanthus
Sign in to savePolyacanthus is a genus of woodlice belonging to the family Armadillidae. This genus was described in 1909 by Gustav Budde-Lund. The type specimen for this species is a Polyacanthus aculeatus from Cabinda Province. There are currently two species in this genus.
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It is catalogued under topics including Armadillidae and Isopod genera.
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Species
Genus
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderAmphipoda
- FamilyAcanthogammaridae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 38
- Family
- Osphronemidae
- Collections
- USNM, FMNH, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- China, Korea, Japan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia
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- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Armadillidae
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- taxon name
- Polyacanthus
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- genus
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Polyacanthus is a genus of woodlice belonging to the family Armadillidae. This genus was described in 1909 by Gustav Budde-Lund. The type specimen for this species is a Polyacanthus aculeatus from Cabinda Province. There are currently two species in this genus.
== Description == The dorsal surface of this genus has characteristic long spines. Their frontal lamina protrude past the end of the head. Their epimera are very long, rectangular, and point outwards in a nearly horizontal direction. The first and second thoracic segment of this genus have rounded ventral lobes. Their second to seventh pereon segments have a broad triangular tooth directed forwards at the base of the external spines. Their telson is hour-glass-shaped with a long distal part and truncated apex. Their uropod protopodite is rectangular, and their exopodite is reduced.
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