Pseudarmadillo Temporal range: Burdigalian? - Recent |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Isopoda |
Family: | Delatorreidae |
Genus: |
Pseudarmadillo Saussure, 1857 |
Type species | |
Pseudarmadillo carinulatus Saussure, 1857 |
Pseudarmadillo is a genus of woodlice from the Greater Antilles. All extant species live in Cuba, with one species also extending to the Bahamas:
Two extinct species are also known from possibly Burdigalian age Dominican amber found on Hispaniola:
The genus is often considered a member of the Pseudarmadillidae, of which it is the only genus. It has also been placed, together with Cuzcodinella oryx in the family Delatorreidae, Delatorrea being a synonym of Pseudarmadillo.