Annobodillo

Annobodillo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Family: Armadillidae
Genus: Annobodillo
Species:
A. coecus
Binomial name
Annobodillo coecus
Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1983

Annobodillo is a genus of woodlice belonging to the family Armadillidae.[1] This genus was described in 1983 by by Helmut Schmalfuss and Franco Ferrara.[2] The type specimen for this species is an Annobodillo coecus from Annobón. There is currently only one species in this genus.[2]

Description

The body of this genus is pigmentless and they have no traceable ocelli. They are able to fully conglobate. They have vertical epimera. Their frontal lamina protrude slightly past the end of their head. Their first pereonal segment is thickened laterally and grooved along its length. Their second pereonal segment has triangular epimeron and small tooth on the ventral surface. their third pereonal has a very slight transverse ventral thickening. Thier telson are hour-glass-shaped with a short distal part. Their uropod protopodite is distally rectangular. They have exopodites.[3]

Remarks on similar genera

The genus Annobodillo is similar to Tuberillo, from which it differs in the steep epimera, very low frontal lamina and absence of ornamentation. This genus is also similar to Venezillo, from which it differs in the shape of its first and second pereon segments and its ability to fully conglobate.[3]

Distribution

This genus is endemic to the island of Annobón in Equatorial Guinea.[4]

Etymology

The name of the genus Annobodillo refers to the island Annobón plus the common isoopod suffix "-dillo".

Species

  • Annobodillo coecus Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1983

References

  1. ^ Annobodillo Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1983. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 January 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Marine Species Traits - Annobodillo Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1983". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
  3. ^ a b Schmalfuss, H.; Ferrara, F. (1983-07-30). "Terrestrial Isopods from West Africa: Part 3: Family Armadillidae Verhoeff, 1917". Monitore Zoologico Italiano. Supplemento (in French). 18 (1): 111–157. doi:10.1080/00269786.1983.11758568. ISSN 0374-9444.
  4. ^ Annobodillo coecus Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1983. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 January 2019.

Further reading

  • Schmalfuss, H. 2003. World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A Nr. 654: 341 pp.
  • Data related to Annobodillo at Wikispecies