Hawaiioscia nicoyaensis

Hawaiioscia nicoyaensis is a species of woodlouse from Costa Rica. Its specific epithet is derived from the location of its type locality along the Gulf of Nicoya. It is the only known member of its genus to be found on a continent rather than a pacific island and the only one to be littoral halophilic. Furthermore, it is the only extant member of its genus not to be restricted to caves.[1]

Hawaiioscia nicoyaensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Family: Philosciidae
Genus: Hawaiioscia
Species:
H. nicoyaensis
Binomial name
Hawaiioscia nicoyaensis
Taiti et al., 2018

References

  1. Taiti, Stefano; Montesanto, Giuseppe; Vargas, José A. (2018-04-01). "Terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea, Oniscidea) from the coasts of Costa Rica, with descriptions of three new species". Revista de Biología Tropical. 66 (1): 187. doi:10.15517/rbt.v66i1.33296. ISSN 2215-2075.
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