Mahehia
Encyclopedia
Mahehia is a genus
of woodlice
in the family Porcellionidae
, which is endemic to the Seychelles
. It contains the following species:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of woodlice
Woodlouse
A woodlouse is a crustacean with a rigid, segmented, long exoskeleton and fourteen jointed limbs...
in the family Porcellionidae
Porcellionidae
Porcellionidae is a terrestrial family of the order Isopoda. The species classified here cannot roll into a ball, as opposed to the species of family Armadillidiidae, which can.This family contains 530 species, found on every continent except Antarctica....
, which is endemic to the Seychelles
Seychelles
Seychelles , officially the Republic of Seychelles , is an island country spanning an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, some east of mainland Africa, northeast of the island of Madagascar....
. It contains the following species:
- Mahehia bicornis Budde-Lund, 1913
- Mahehia laticauda Budde-Lund, 1913
- Mahehia maculata Budde-Lund, 1913