Eluma matae is a species of woodlouse distributed throughout Portugal.[1]
| Eluma matae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Oniscidea |
| Family: | Armadillidiidae |
| Genus: | Eluma |
| Species: | E. matae
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| Binomial name | |
| Eluma matae Cifuentes & Da Silva, 2023
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Description
editThe back of the pereonites and pleonites are smooth, with circular depressions covered in setae of varying shapes and sizes. It is capable of volvation without leaving any gaps, similar to Armadillidium vulgare. Like other members of its genus, its eyes are characterised by a single large ommatidium. It has a maximum length of 12 millimetres (1⁄2 in). It has a generally purplish-brown to dark green color, with a large white spot at the limit of the epimera.[2]
Ecology
editMembers of this species live under mostly limestone rocks with large amounts of plant debris in regions with natural vegetation, particularly Quercus faginea. They were found together with Ctenoscia minima and Porcellio dispar.[2]
References
edit- ^ Taiti, Stefano (2023). Schotte M, Boyko CB, Bruce NL, Poore GC, Taiti S, Wilson GD (eds.). "Eluma matae Cifuentes & Da Silva, 2023". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ a b Cifuentes, J.; Da Silva, L. P. (2023). "The genus Eluma in the Iberian Peninsula, with the description of a new terrestrial isopod: Eluma matae sp. nov. (Oniscidea, Armadillidiidae, Eluminae)". European Journal of Taxonomy. 860: 33–38.