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Personality affects defensive behaviour of Porcellio scaber (Isopoda, Oniscidea) [PDF]

open access: yesZooKeys, 2015
We evaluated individual behavioural patterns of isopods expressed as tonic immobility following some intrusive treatments. Common rough woodlice, Porcellioscaber, were kept individually in plastic boxes and tested for tonic immobility repeatedly. Reactivity, sensitivity (number of stimuli needed to respond), and endurance of tonic immobility (TI ...
Tuf,Ivan H., Drabkova,Lucie, Šipoš,Jan
openaire   +3 more sources

A new genus of the millipede tribe Brachyiulini (Diplopoda: Julida: Julidae) from the Aegean region [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
A new genus of the julid tribe Brachyiulini, Enghophyllum gen. nov., is described, comprising two species from Greece. The type-species, E. naxium (Verhoeff, 1901) comb. nov. (ex Megaphyllum Verhoeff, 1894), appears to be rather widespread in the Aegean:
Lazányi, Eszter, Vagalinski, Boyan
core   +3 more sources

Distribution of Terrestrial Isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda) Throughout Michigan: Early Results [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Results are reported from the first two years of a multi-year study on the distribution of terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda) in Michigan. During the first year of the study (1997), intensive investigations were carried out us­ing pitfall traps in ...
Stoyenoff, Jennifer L
core   +3 more sources

Distribución geográfica del raro endemismo ibérico Armadillidium mateui Vandel, 1953 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Armadillidiidae)

open access: yesGraellsia, 2019
El isópodo terrestre Armadillidium mateui Vandel, 1953 constituye un endemismo de la Península Ibérica poco común y prácticamente desconocido. La especie presenta una distribución fuertemente disyunta, con solo ocho registros publicados de tres regiones ...
E. Recuero, P. C. Rodríguez-Flores
doaj   +1 more source

The gut microbiota structure of the terrestrial isopod Porcellionides pruinosus (Isopoda: Oniscidea)

open access: yesThe European Zoological Journal, 2020
We used a combination of culture-dependent and independent approaches to study in depth the microbial community associated with the digestive tract of the terrestrial isopod Porcellionides pruinosus (Brandt, ).
M. Delhoumi   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The first troglophilic terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) from Iran with a description of a new species [PDF]

open access: yesIranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics, 2016
The present study reports on the first troglophilic terrestrial isopod from Iran. Protracheoniscus faramarzi n. sp. was found in Shafagh Cave, southern Iran. The new species is described and its diagnostic characters are figured.
Ghasem Mohammadi Kashani   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Demography of some non-native isopods (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) in a Mid-Atlantic forest, USA [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Introduced species dominate the terrestrial isopod fauna in most inland habitats of North America, including urban landscapes. These non-native species are often very abundant and thus potentially play a significant role in detritus processing.
Dombos, Miklós   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

On some Oniscidea and Diplopoda from the Retezat Massif: First record of Porcellium productum Frankenberger, 1940 and Porcellium recurvatum Verhoeff, 1901 in Romania [PDF]

open access: yesArchives of Biological Sciences, 2007
Our paper presents a survay of Oniscidea and the Diplopoda from the Retezat Massif in Romania. The first records in Romania of the species Porcellium productum and Porcellium recurvatum have been presented. .
Giurginca A.   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Species conservation profiles of cave-adapted terrestrial isopods from Portugal [PDF]

open access: yesBiodiversity Data Journal, 2022
Terrestrial isopods (Oniscidea) are the most diverse group of troglobionts in caves of continental Portugal. They occur in all karst regions of Portugal, play a major role in decomposition of organic matter in caves and may act as umbrella species for ...
Ana Sofia Reboleira   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

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