Akermania
| Akermania | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Oniscidea |
| Family: | Armadillidae |
| Genus: | Akermania Collinge, 1919 |
| Type species | |
| Akermania spinosa Collinge, 1919
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Akermania is a genus of woodlice belonging to the family Armadillidae. This genus was described in 1919 by Walter Edward Collinge. The type specimen for this species is an Akermania spinosa from South Africa.[1] There are three species in this genus.[2]
Description
The defining characteristics of the genus Akermania were first outlined by in 1960 by Keppel Harcourt Barnard, who emphasized the blunt, truncated shape of the pleon, the square-shaped side plates of body segments 3–5, and the greatly reduced or absent outer branch of the uropods.[3] Albert Vandel later revised this description, placing less emphasis on the shape of the pleon. Instead, he highlighted the more or less pointed shape of the side plates on segments 2–4, and especially the enlarged, square-shaped side plates on segments 5–7.[4][5]
Distribution
Akermania isopods have been found in Madagascar, South Africa, and Sri Lanka.[6]
Species
- Akermania besucheti Argano & Manicastri, 1979
- Akermania coronata Barnard, 1949
- Akermania spinosa Collinge, 1919
- Akermania sylvatica Barnard, 1958
Former species
- Akermania hystrix Barnard, 1958 = Pseudolaureola hystrix[6]
- Akermania longispina Barnard, 1956 = Laureola longispina[6]
- Akermania miacantha Barnard, 1960 = Laureola miacantha[6]
- Akermania paucispinosa Barnard, 1949 = Laureola paucispinosa (Barnard, 1949) (type by original designation).[1][7]
References
- ^ a b Schmidt, Christian; Leistikow, Andreas (2004). "Catalogue of genera of the terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea:Isopoda: Oniscidea)". Steenstrupia. 28 (1): 1–118.
- ^ "African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Akermania Collinge, 1919". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2026-01-13.
- ^ Barnard, K. H. (December 1960). "Terrestrial Isopoda from the Transvaal". Annals of the Natal Museum. 15 (2): 45–55. doi:10.10520/AJA03040798_794.
- ^ Vandel, Albert (1972). "Les Isopodes terrestres de l'Australie : étude systématique et biogéographique". Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Sér. A – Zoologie. 82 (1): 1–171.
- ^ Argano, Roberto; Argano, Roberto; Manicastri, C. (1979). "A new Akermania from Sri Lanka (Ceylon) (Crustacea, Isopoda, Armadillidae)". Revue suisse de zoologie. 86: 61––68. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.82279.
- ^ a b c d Schmalfuss, Helmut (2003). World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A, Nr. p. 9.
- ^ "World List of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans - Laureola Barnard, 1960". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2026-01-13.