Calconiscellus
Encyclopedia
Calconiscellus is a genus of crustacean
in family Trichoniscidae
. One species, C. gotscheensis, is listed as vulnerable
on the IUCN Red List
.
Crustacean
Crustaceans form a very large group of arthropods, usually treated as a subphylum, which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles. The 50,000 described species range in size from Stygotantulus stocki at , to the Japanese spider crab with a leg span...
in family Trichoniscidae
Trichoniscidae
Trichoniscidae are a family of isopods , including the most abundant British woodlouse, Trichoniscus pusillus.Most species of woodlice that have returned to an aquatic or amphibian way of life belong to this family...
. One species, C. gotscheensis, is listed as vulnerable
Vulnerable species
On 30 January 2010, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species identified 9694 Vulnerable species, subspecies and varieties, stocks and sub-populations.-References:...
on the IUCN Red List
IUCN Red List
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species , founded in 1963, is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species. The International Union for Conservation of Nature is the world's main authority on the conservation status of species...
.
Species
- Calconiscellus bertkaui (Verhoeff, 1901)
- Calconiscellus castelmartius Verhoeff, 1938)
- Calconiscellus gibbosus (Carl, 1908)
- Calconiscellus gotscheensis Verhoeff, 1927 (Gottschee, now KocevjeKocevjeKočevje is a city and a municipality in southern Slovenia. In terms of area it is the largest municipality in Slovenia. It is located between the rivers Krka and Kolpa and is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola. It is now included in the Jugovzhodna Slovenija statistical region...
) - Calconiscellus karawankianus (Verhoeff, 1908) (south slope of KarawankenKarawankenKaravanke or Karawanken is an Alpine mountain range on the border between Slovenia and Austria. With a total length of 120 km, the Karavanke chain is one of the longest ranges in Europe....
) - Calconiscellus malanchinii Arcangeli, 1946
- Calconiscellus zanerae Brian, 1956