Oniscus Linnaeus 1758 (isopod)

Malacostraca - Isopoda - Oniscidae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Parent taxon: Oniscidae according to C. L. Koch and G. C. Berendt 1854

See also Fabricius 1775, Geoffroy 1762, Linnaeus 1758, Linnaeus 1761, Linnaeus 1767, Müller 1764, Müller 1776, Schaeffer 1766 and Scopoli 1763

Sister taxon: Porcellio

Subtaxa: Oniscus convexus

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Ecology: epifaunal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Berendt collection (Eocene of Poland)

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