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2011
At present 42 species of terrestrial isopods are known from the Arabian Peninsula. From the United Arab Emirates only four species of Oniscidea were previously recorded (Taiti & Ferrara, 1991): Littorophiloscia strouhali Taiti & Ferrara, 1991, Littorophiloscia spec. (= L. tropicalis Taiti & Ferrara, 1986, or L.
Taiti Stefano, Checcucci Ilaria
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Do woodlice (Isopoda: Oniscidea) produce endogenous cellulases?

Biology and Fertility of Soils, 1997
In studies on digestive processes and microorganisms in the gut of the common woodlouse, Porcellio scaber (Isopoda: Oniscidea), we observed marked contradictions between the activity of cellulolytic enzymes and the number of microorganisms. The anterior hindgut exhibited the highest cellulolytic activity, but was characterized by low microbial counts ...
M. Zimmer, W. Topp
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Oniscidea (Isopoda) From Lord Howe Island

Crustaceana, 1998
AbstractSix species of Oniscidea have previously been recorded from Lord Howe Island: Ligia australiensis, Tasmanoniscus evansi, Australophiloscia nichollsi, Australiodillo insularis, Australiodillo primitivus, and Orthodillo chiltoni. The following new taxa from Lord Howe Island are here described: Trichorhina sp., two new species of Anchicubaris ...
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Terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea) from Brazilian caves

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2014
To date, six species of terrestrial isopods were known from Brazilian caves, but only four could be classified as troglobites. This article deals with material of Oniscidea collected in many Brazilian karst caves in the states of Para, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul, and Sao Paulo, and deposited in the collections of the Museu de Zoologia ...
Ivanklin Soares Campos-Filho +4 more
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