Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Isopoda > Suborder Oniscidea > Parvorder Orthogonopoda > Section Crinocheta > Family Detonidae > Genus Armadilloniscus

Armadilloniscus ellipticus (Harger, 1878)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Armadilloniscus*	Uljanin, 1875	accepted genus name
*Actoniscus*	Harger, 1878	synonym

Species group names

*Actoniscus ellipticus*	Harger, 1878	synonym
*Armadilloniscus litoralis*	Budde-Lund, 1885	synonym

Literature

original description	Harger, O. (1878). Descriptions of new genera and species of Isopoda, from New England and adjacent regions. American Journal of Science and Arts. Series 3, 15 (89): 373-379.
basis of record	Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25].
additional source	Schmalfuss, H. (2003). World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie A (Biologie). 654: 1-341.

Genbank

Citation

Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Armadilloniscus ellipticus (Harger, 1878). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:257486

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Armadilloniscus ellipticus (Harger, 1878). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/06d80b96-0d7d-473a-9d91-de9dd55374a3