Hyloniscus riparius

Tags: Crustacean.

Hyloniscus riparius is a species of woodlouse found in Central and Eastern Europe and subsequently introduced to North America. It is strongly associated with flood plains and can tolerate periods of up to eight weeks submerged under water. In North America it was first found at St. John’s Newfoundland in 1951 and later in New York New Jersey Pennsylvania and North Carolina.

binomial authority

Carl Ludwig Koch

class

Malacostraca

family

Trichoniscidae

genus

Hyloniscus

kingdom

Animal

order

Isopoda

phylum

Arthropod, Crustacean

synonym

*Hyloniscus germanicus, *Itea riparus, *Philoscia notata, *Trichoniscus germanicus, *Trichoniscus montanus, *Trichoniscus notatus, *Trichoniscus riparius, *Trichoniscus tirolensis, *Trichoniscus violaceus