Oniscus


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Noun1.Oniscus - type genus of the OniscidaeOniscus - type genus of the Oniscidae; woodlice that cannot roll into a ball
genus Oniscus
arthropod genus - a genus of arthropods
family Oniscidae, Oniscidae - a family of Isopoda
sow bug - terrestrial isopod having an oval segmented body (a shape like a sow)
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These include one Decapoda (Pagurus villosus Nicolet, 1849), two Amphipoda (Orchestia gayi Nicolet, 1849, Orchestoidea tuberculata Nicolet, 1849), four Isopoda (Oniscus armatus Nicolet, 1849, Porcellio liliputanus Nicolet, 1849, Sphaeroma propinqua Nicolet, 1849, S.
Taxonomy of Pinnotheres bipunctatus Nicolet, 1849 with a distributional checklist of the Pinnotheridae of Chile and Peru, and a list of the Crustacea described by Hercule Nicolet in the Atlas of the Physical and Political History of Chile
(Ephemeroptera) (Komnick & Able 1971); labium of Cenocorixa bifida (Jarial 2003); "gills" (= endopodites) of terrestrial isopods like Oniscus (Kummel 1981); and the gills of crayfish, Pacifastacus leniusculus (Morse et al.
Additional ultrastructural observations of the gill epithelium of the water flea Daphnia Magna with reference to ionic and macromolecular transport
John Laing, the surgeon on Scoresby's whaling ship, Resolution, observed another parasite, the whale louse (now Cyamus ceti) during the summer of 1806: "A species of crab, the Oniscus Ceti of [Otto] Fabricius, if not the most dangerous, is perhaps the most troublesome of the whale's enemies.
The influence of Whaler William Scoresby, Jr. on the Arctic Observations of Sir James Lamont
Taxonomic status of chitons of the Ischnochiton oniscus group (Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Ischnochitonidae).
Chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) from Sao Tome and Principe Islands
Here we investigate the role played by the small rodent Oryzomys oniscus as a large-seed predator in a remnant of the Atlantic forest, northeast Brazil.
Seed predation by rodents and safe sites for large-seeded trees in a fragment of the Brazilian Atlantic forest/Predacao de sementes por roedores e sitios seguros para arvores com grandes sementes em um fragmento de floresta Atlantica brasileira
Nine species in three families of terrestrial isopods were collected by the author in Nebraska between 1948 and 1998: Oniscidae (Oniscus asellus), Cylisticidae (Cylisticus convexus), and Porcellionidae (Armadillidium nasatum, A.
The terrestrial isopods of Nebraska (Crustacea: Isopoda)
Immunocytochemical studies on the isopod Oniscus asellus (Nussbaum et al., 1995) suggest that CCAP might be involved in the biphasic exuviation pattern seen in isopods.
Peptidergic neurons in barnacles: an immunohistochemical study using antisera raised against crustacean neuropeptides
[Ischnochiton oniscus subspecies, Cape, Port Alfred (Turton): 12.5 x 5 mm].
Primary types in the collection of molluscs in the KwaZulu-Natal Museum: Polyplacophora
Altered locomotory behavior in woodlice (Oniscus asellus (L.)) collected at a polluted site.
Reproduction of Cubaris murina (Crustacea: Isopoda) under laboratory conditions and its use in ecotoxicity tests/Reproducao de Cubaris murina (Crustacea: Isopoda) em condicoes de laboratorio e seu uso em testes de ecotoxicidade

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