New #checklist dataset in @gbif.org: A new species of woodlouse (Isopoda, Oniscidea) from the Canarian laurel forest https://www.gbif.org/dataset/8e21de11-3262-4ea6-a3b7-174d5fa44fa6
February 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
New #checklist dataset in @gbif.org: A new species of woodlouse (Isopoda, Oniscidea) from the Canarian laurel forest https://www.gbif.org/dataset/8e21de11-3262-4ea6-a3b7-174d5fa44fa6
On the identity of Porcellionides glaber (C. Koch in Rosenhauer, 1856): a redescription with nomenclatural and taxonomical remarks (Isopoda: Oniscidea: Porcellionidae). bshnb.shnb.org/2024/02/26/o...
November 23, 2024 at 6:03 AM
On the identity of Porcellionides glaber (C. Koch in Rosenhauer, 1856): a redescription with nomenclatural and taxonomical remarks (Isopoda: Oniscidea: Porcellionidae). bshnb.shnb.org/2024/02/26/o...
New #checklist dataset in @gbif.org: Integrative taxonomy reveals two new species of Ligidium (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) from China https://www.gbif.org/dataset/7c7c3e60-5dfd-4af4-bf6e-120a2791cfdd
July 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
New #checklist dataset in @gbif.org: Integrative taxonomy reveals two new species of Ligidium (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) from China https://www.gbif.org/dataset/7c7c3e60-5dfd-4af4-bf6e-120a2791cfdd
New #checklist dataset in @gbif.org: The genus Ctenorillo Verhoeff, 1942 (Oniscidea, Armadillidae) from Colombia: new records, new species, and conservation comments (22 species occurrences) https://www.gbif.org/dataset/268c87d7-6b81-4f50-acc6-7c87f2436fb7
July 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
New #checklist dataset in @gbif.org: The genus Ctenorillo Verhoeff, 1942 (Oniscidea, Armadillidae) from Colombia: new records, new species, and conservation comments (22 species occurrences) https://www.gbif.org/dataset/268c87d7-6b81-4f50-acc6-7c87f2436fb7
@franzanth.bsky.social asked me to say that the silk come out the butt, but that's not the case in most of these groups! Fig 5 in the paper shows where it's at
September 30, 2024 at 3:49 PM
@franzanth.bsky.social asked me to say that the silk come out the butt, but that's not the case in most of these groups! Fig 5 in the paper shows where it's at
Is this acceptable for #Crustmas es (Crustmases) past? From an old notebook a list of woodlouse (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea) species from our garden at 1 Charlotte Road, Wallington, Surrey, UK, dated 13 June 1981. Plus anal drinking.
December 23, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Is this acceptable for #Crustmas es (Crustmases) past? From an old notebook a list of woodlouse (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea) species from our garden at 1 Charlotte Road, Wallington, Surrey, UK, dated 13 June 1981. Plus anal drinking.
For #Crustmas one of my favorite woodlouse (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea) species: Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii . 29 April 2024, Marine Park area, Brooklyn, NYC. On @inaturalist.bsky.social
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Ant Woodlouse (Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii)
Ant Woodlouse from Long Island, New York, NY, US on April 29, 2024 at 03:08 PM by Priyantha Wijesinghe. Marine Park, Brooklyn. Path from Nature Center trail to Lenape Playground. Under log. With host...
www.inaturalist.org
December 23, 2024 at 1:15 PM
For #Crustmas one of my favorite woodlouse (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea) species: Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii . 29 April 2024, Marine Park area, Brooklyn, NYC. On @inaturalist.bsky.social
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
A word cloud based on Spyros Sfenthourakis's Google Scholar profile. Popular topics: terrestrial, oniscidea, species.
November 11, 2024 at 3:49 AM
A word cloud based on Spyros Sfenthourakis's Google Scholar profile. Popular topics: terrestrial, oniscidea, species.
New #checklist dataset in @gbif.org: From surface to caves: new species of Diploexochus Brandt, 1833 (Oniscidea, Armadillidae) from Colombia, with the description of the first troglobitic species (8 species occurrences) https://www.gbif.org/dataset/da6e1a36-3088-414e-9c26-ecd371657ba6
January 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
New #checklist dataset in @gbif.org: From surface to caves: new species of Diploexochus Brandt, 1833 (Oniscidea, Armadillidae) from Colombia, with the description of the first troglobitic species (8 species occurrences) https://www.gbif.org/dataset/da6e1a36-3088-414e-9c26-ecd371657ba6
🚨 Interesting paper by
@biojairo.bsky.social
Unregulated trade 💱 is increasingly becoming as a threat to Iberian woodlice #Isopoda (Oniscidea).
86 species are already being commersialised online! 🧑🏻💻‼️
doi.org/10.1111/icad...
@biojairo.bsky.social
Unregulated trade 💱 is increasingly becoming as a threat to Iberian woodlice #Isopoda (Oniscidea).
86 species are already being commersialised online! 🧑🏻💻‼️
doi.org/10.1111/icad...
A colourful world with a dark future: Unregulated trade as an emerging threat for woodlice (Isopoda: Oniscidea) of Spain
The unregulated trade of terrestrial isopods is a current and significant new threat that leads to the local extinctions of endemic species. Genetic contamination and the introduction and spread of ...
doi.org
December 3, 2024 at 7:10 AM
🚨 Interesting paper by
@biojairo.bsky.social
Unregulated trade 💱 is increasingly becoming as a threat to Iberian woodlice #Isopoda (Oniscidea).
86 species are already being commersialised online! 🧑🏻💻‼️
doi.org/10.1111/icad...
@biojairo.bsky.social
Unregulated trade 💱 is increasingly becoming as a threat to Iberian woodlice #Isopoda (Oniscidea).
86 species are already being commersialised online! 🧑🏻💻‼️
doi.org/10.1111/icad...
"Diese possierlichen, kleinen Tiere aus der Familie der Landasseln (Oniscidea) halten sich vorwiegend im Dunkeln und Feuchten auf, wo sie hintersinnige Ränke schmieden, die Weltherrschaft der Reptiloiden zu beenden und ein Reich der Gleichheit, Liebe, und des Gruppenkuschelns zu errichten. " *
March 28, 2024 at 2:24 PM
"Diese possierlichen, kleinen Tiere aus der Familie der Landasseln (Oniscidea) halten sich vorwiegend im Dunkeln und Feuchten auf, wo sie hintersinnige Ränke schmieden, die Weltherrschaft der Reptiloiden zu beenden und ein Reich der Gleichheit, Liebe, und des Gruppenkuschelns zu errichten. " *
Significado de #oníscidos Es el término genérico para los crustáceos que pertenecen al Suborden Oniscidea y al Orden Isopoda. A él pertenecen las llamadas cochinillas de tierra, cochinillas de humedad o bichos bola. Se pueden considerar de utilidad pues pueden co.. oníscidos
December 7, 2024 at 7:13 AM
Significado de #oníscidos Es el término genérico para los crustáceos que pertenecen al Suborden Oniscidea y al Orden Isopoda. A él pertenecen las llamadas cochinillas de tierra, cochinillas de humedad o bichos bola. Se pueden considerar de utilidad pues pueden co.. oníscidos
Meaning of #oníscidos It is the generic term for crustaceans belonging to suborden Oniscidea and the Isopoda Order. To him belong the so-called earth suckling pigs, moisture piglets or ball bugs. They can be considered useful as they can consume heavy metals. .. oníscidos
December 12, 2024 at 9:19 AM
Meaning of #oníscidos It is the generic term for crustaceans belonging to suborden Oniscidea and the Isopoda Order. To him belong the so-called earth suckling pigs, moisture piglets or ball bugs. They can be considered useful as they can consume heavy metals. .. oníscidos
New #checklist dataset in @gbif.org: Hidden species’ diversitv and phvlogenetic relationships within the terrestrial isopod genus Tiroloscia (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea) https://www.gbif.org/dataset/718756a3-ffbc-494e-a4cf-7c6feaf615a8
February 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
New #checklist dataset in @gbif.org: Hidden species’ diversitv and phvlogenetic relationships within the terrestrial isopod genus Tiroloscia (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea) https://www.gbif.org/dataset/718756a3-ffbc-494e-a4cf-7c6feaf615a8
New paper! Benedikt, a student assistant who worked with me, told me he was passionate about isopods... So we wrote a paper!
Facing the taxonomic impediment — a reassessment of Merulanella Verhoeff, 1926 (Oniscidea, Armadillidae) through historical specimens nhcm.pensoft.net/articles.php...
Facing the taxonomic impediment — a reassessment of Merulanella Verhoeff, 1926 (Oniscidea, Armadillidae) through historical specimens nhcm.pensoft.net/articles.php...
Facing the taxonomic impediment — a reassessment of Merulanella Verhoeff, 1926 (Oniscidea, Armadillidae) through historical specimens
The taxonomic impediment has been identified as a problem for conservation biology since 1988. Although several measures have been developed to overcome it, major non-specialized scientific publishers...
nhcm.pensoft.net
March 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
New paper! Benedikt, a student assistant who worked with me, told me he was passionate about isopods... So we wrote a paper!
Facing the taxonomic impediment — a reassessment of Merulanella Verhoeff, 1926 (Oniscidea, Armadillidae) through historical specimens nhcm.pensoft.net/articles.php...
Facing the taxonomic impediment — a reassessment of Merulanella Verhoeff, 1926 (Oniscidea, Armadillidae) through historical specimens nhcm.pensoft.net/articles.php...
Terrestrial isopods (Isopoda, Oniscidea) of Slovakia: an annotated checklist, new records, and bibliography https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39959441/
February 18, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Terrestrial isopods (Isopoda, Oniscidea) of Slovakia: an annotated checklist, new records, and bibliography https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39959441/
New #checklist dataset in @gbif.org: New species and records of the family Scleropactidae Verhoeff, 1938 from Venezuela (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) (51 species occurrences) https://www.gbif.org/dataset/e01ed17b-7429-4eb5-850d-a630385abb87
July 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
New #checklist dataset in @gbif.org: New species and records of the family Scleropactidae Verhoeff, 1938 from Venezuela (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) (51 species occurrences) https://www.gbif.org/dataset/e01ed17b-7429-4eb5-850d-a630385abb87
New paper in @zookeys.pensoft.net sharing data in @gbif.org:
The terrestrial isopod fauna (Isopoda, Oniscidea) of Abrau Peninsula, north-west Caucasus, Russia
#CiteTheDOI: ✅
#OpenAccess: ⭐️
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1225.121048
The terrestrial isopod fauna (Isopoda, Oniscidea) of Abrau Peninsula, north-west Caucasus, Russia
#CiteTheDOI: ✅
#OpenAccess: ⭐️
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1225.121048
The terrestrial isopod fauna (Isopoda, Oniscidea) of Abrau Peninsula, north-west Caucasus, Russia
From 2001 to 2022, the woodlice fauna of Abrau Peninsula, north-west Caucasus, Russia was examined. The collections yielded 5,581 specimens, which belong to 25 species, 19 genera, and 15 families. The...
zookeys.pensoft.net
March 11, 2025 at 11:18 AM
New paper in @zookeys.pensoft.net sharing data in @gbif.org:
The terrestrial isopod fauna (Isopoda, Oniscidea) of Abrau Peninsula, north-west Caucasus, Russia
#CiteTheDOI: ✅
#OpenAccess: ⭐️
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1225.121048
The terrestrial isopod fauna (Isopoda, Oniscidea) of Abrau Peninsula, north-west Caucasus, Russia
#CiteTheDOI: ✅
#OpenAccess: ⭐️
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1225.121048
Oniscidea este durmiendo en el sofá.
October 20, 2024 at 11:37 AM
Oniscidea este durmiendo en el sofá.
And as I said the other day, strikingly different patterns of evolution in different types of crustaceans (there were no crabs at all yet when Oniscidea diverged)
Among crustaceans, many different scenarios for how they came to terrestrial habitats. For crabs, it happened many times and is probably still evolving.
For isopods, only once (but they became even more terrestrial than any crab). And insects once, of course!
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For isopods, only once (but they became even more terrestrial than any crab). And insects once, of course!
🧪🦑
Excited to share that my isopod evolution paper is now out:
Phylogenomics supports a single origin of terrestriality in in isopods
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
Phylogenomics supports a single origin of terrestriality in in isopods
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
November 2, 2024 at 1:07 AM
And as I said the other day, strikingly different patterns of evolution in different types of crustaceans (there were no crabs at all yet when Oniscidea diverged)
Rehearsal — my dance company, OCDD - Oniscidea.
#ocdd_Oniscidea
#ocdd_Oniscidea
July 30, 2023 at 1:29 AM
Rehearsal — my dance company, OCDD - Oniscidea.
#ocdd_Oniscidea
#ocdd_Oniscidea
Primers registres a les Illes Balears de l’isòpode terrestre al·lòcton Armadillidium arcangelii Strouhal, 1929 (Crustacea, Oniscidea: Armadillidiidae). #BSHNB Vol. 68 2025. bshnb.shnb.org/2025/10/31/p...
November 1, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Primers registres a les Illes Balears de l’isòpode terrestre al·lòcton Armadillidium arcangelii Strouhal, 1929 (Crustacea, Oniscidea: Armadillidiidae). #BSHNB Vol. 68 2025. bshnb.shnb.org/2025/10/31/p...
➡ EJT Vol. 1012 (2025) #openaccessjournal
📰 Published 2025-08-27
[#FossilFriday] A new genus and species of terrestrial isopod (Isopoda: Oniscidea) found in Baltic amber ⤵
✒ Benedikt Kästle & Florian Ludwig
🔗 DOI: doi.org/10.5852/ejt....
#Cenozoic #eocene #isopoda #Oniscidea #newspecies
📰 Published 2025-08-27
[#FossilFriday] A new genus and species of terrestrial isopod (Isopoda: Oniscidea) found in Baltic amber ⤵
✒ Benedikt Kästle & Florian Ludwig
🔗 DOI: doi.org/10.5852/ejt....
#Cenozoic #eocene #isopoda #Oniscidea #newspecies
August 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
➡ EJT Vol. 1012 (2025) #openaccessjournal
📰 Published 2025-08-27
[#FossilFriday] A new genus and species of terrestrial isopod (Isopoda: Oniscidea) found in Baltic amber ⤵
✒ Benedikt Kästle & Florian Ludwig
🔗 DOI: doi.org/10.5852/ejt....
#Cenozoic #eocene #isopoda #Oniscidea #newspecies
📰 Published 2025-08-27
[#FossilFriday] A new genus and species of terrestrial isopod (Isopoda: Oniscidea) found in Baltic amber ⤵
✒ Benedikt Kästle & Florian Ludwig
🔗 DOI: doi.org/10.5852/ejt....
#Cenozoic #eocene #isopoda #Oniscidea #newspecies
Yes it does! The group Oniscidea are the ones you're thinking of. The rest, well, there's pictures in the paper of how varied they are!
November 2, 2024 at 1:04 AM
Yes it does! The group Oniscidea are the ones you're thinking of. The rest, well, there's pictures in the paper of how varied they are!