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Pentoniscus  Richardson, 1913
Taxonomic Serial No.: 593767

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2001   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumCrustacea Brünnich, 1772 – crustacés, crustáceo, crustaceans  
                   SuperclassAltocrustacea   
                      ClassMalacostraca Latreille, 1802  
                         SubclassEumalacostraca Grobben, 1892  
                            SuperorderPeracarida Calman, 1904 – barata da praia, pulga da praia, tatuzinho de jardim  
                               OrderIsopoda Latreille, 1817 – isopods, pillbugs, sowbugs, cloportes, isopodes  
                                  SuborderOniscidea Latreille, 1802  
                                     InfraorderLigiamorpha Vandel, 1943  
                                        SuperfamilyOniscoidea Latreille, 1802  
                                           FamilyPhilosciidae Kinahan, 1857  
                                              GenusPentoniscus Richardson, 1913  
    Direct Children:  
                                                 SpeciesPentoniscus dominicanus Arcangeli, 1932  
                                                 SpeciesPentoniscus exilis Van Name, 1925  
                                                 SpeciesPentoniscus pruinosus Richardson, 1913  
                                                 SpeciesPentoniscus silvestrii Arcangeli, 1927  
                                                 SpeciesPentoniscus vargasae Leistikow, 1998  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Brian Kensley & Marilyn Schotte   
  Notes: National Museum of Natural History   
  Reference for: Pentoniscus    
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Leistikow, Andreas and Johann Wolfgang Wägele   
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of the terrestrial isopods of the new world (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Revista Brasileira Zoologie, vol. 16, no. 1   
  Page(s): 1-72   
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