Alpioniscus sideralis
| Alpioniscus sideralis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Oniscidea |
| Family: | Trichoniscidae |
| Genus: | Alpioniscus |
| Species: | A. sideralis
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| Binomial name | |
| Alpioniscus sideralis Taiti & Argano, 2018
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Alpioniscus sideralis is a species of freshwater, cave-dwelling woodlice. It was first collected in a karstic Su Bantu cave in Supramonte, Sardinia by a group of astronauts during a subterranean training course CAVES organized by the European Space Agency (ESA) in 2012.[1][2][3][4] The species was formally described in a ZooKeys publication in 2018.[5]
Morphology
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Alpioniscus sideralis from Grotta Su Bentu, male paratype: mouthparts[5]
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Alpioniscus sideralis from Grotta Su Bentu, male paratype: limbs[5]
See also
References
- ^ Mike Wall (2019-03-29). "Astronauts Help Discover Newfound Crustacean During Cave Expedition". Space. Retrieved 2025-09-27.
- ^ Brandon Specktor (2019-03-28). "Astronauts Spent 6 Nights in a Pitch-Black Cave, and Emerged with a Brand-New Species of Crustacean". Live Science. Retrieved 2025-09-27.
- ^ "Back to the water". www.esa.int. Retrieved 2025-09-27.
- ^ "Astronauts bring back new life". www.esa.int. Retrieved 2025-09-27.
- ^ a b c d Taiti, Stefano; Argano, Roberto; Marcia, Paolo; Scarpa, Fabio; Sanna, Daria; Casu, Marco (2018). "The genus Alpioniscus Racovitza, 1908 in Sardinia: taxonomy and natural history (Isopoda, Oniscidea, Trichoniscidae)". ZooKeys (801): 229–263. Bibcode:2018ZooK..801..229T. doi:10.3897/zookeys.801.24102. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 6288260. PMID 30564038.