Paraplatyarthrus australiensis is a species of woodlouse found in Western Australia.[2] It was originally described in genus Trichorhina.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Oniscidea |
| Family: | Paraplatyarthridae |
| Genus: | Paraplatyarthrus |
| Species: | P. australiensis
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| Paraplatyarthrus australiensis (Wahrberg, 1922)
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Description
editMales and females have approximately the same length, but varying widths, 4.5 mm (0.18 in) and 1.6 to 1.7 mm (0.063 to 0.067 in) respectively. It has a whitish yellow coloration and the contents of the intestine are visible. The head is rounded, with small darkly pigmented eyes containing five to six ommatids. It has antennulae similar to Porcellio gracillima. The entire body is covered in scales.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Paraplatyarthrus australiensis (Wahrberg, 1922)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ Schmalfuss, Helmut (2003). "World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) — revised and updated version" (PDF). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A. 654: 274 pp. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-24.
- ^ Javidkar, M.; King, R. A.; Cooper, S. J. B.; Humphreys, W. F.; Austin, A. D. (2017). "Taxonomy of Paraplatyarthrus Javidkar and King (Isopoda: Oniscidea: Paraplatyarthridae) with description of five new species from Western Australia, and comments on Australian Trichorhina Budde-Lunde, 1908 (Platyarthridae)". Zootaxa. 4243 (3): 401–431. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4243.3.1. PMID 28610137.
- ^ Wahrberg, R. (1922). "Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. 30. Terrestre Isopoden aus Australien". Arkiv för Zoologi (in German). 15 (1): 189–198.
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