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Polyacanthus
Polyacanthus is a genus of woodlice belonging to the family Armadillidae. This genus was described in 1909 by Gustav Budde-Lund. The type specimen for this species is a Polyacanthus aculeatus from Cabinda Province. There are currently two species in this genus.
2 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Polyacanthus transvaalensis
speciesPolyacanthus transvaalensis
Polyacanthus aculeatus
speciesPolyacanthus aculeatus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 645679.