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Eleoniscus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Crustacea

Suborder
  
Oniscidea

Scientific name
  
Eleoniscus helenae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Isopoda

Family
  
Armadillidiidae

Higher classification
  
Eleoniscus

Similar
  
Armadillidae, Armadillidium nasatum, Sow Bugs, Porcellionidae, Armadillidium

Eleoniscus is a genus of the small terrestrial crustaceans known as woodlice. It includes one species, Eleoniscus helenae, which is endemic to Alicante province, Spain, where it is known from two caves. It may have been extirpated from one of the two caves (the species' type location) through the increasing urbanisation of the Macizo de Montgó.

References

Eleoniscus Wikipedia