Hawaiioscia rapui

Hawaiioscia rapui is a species of woodlouse endemic to the island of Rapa Nui. The specific epithet honors Sergio Rapu Haoa, a humanitarian, archaeologist, anthropologist, and politician of Rapanui descent who aided research terms studying this species. It persists as a relict population near the mouths of caves on the island, and is in dire need of conservation. It faces threats such as habitat reduction, non-native species competition, and global climate change. Styloniscus manuvaka is the only other native Isopod on the island, and faces the same perils.[1]

Hawaiioscia rapui
Female paratype
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Family: Philosciidae
Genus: Hawaiioscia
Species:
H. rapui
Binomial name
Hawaiioscia rapui
Taiti & Wayne, 2015

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