Spherillo albospinosus (Dollfus, 1900:521)
White-spined Hawaiian woodlouse
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Armadillo albospinosus Dollfus, 1900:521 (original combination)
Conservation Status
Extinct
In 1996 the last record of the species was 60+ years ago (Taiti & Howarth, 1996).
Distribution
Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA (Taiti & Howarth, 1996).
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Dollfus, A. (1900). Crustacea Isopoda. In: David Sharp [Editor], Fauna Hawaiiensis or The Zoology of the Sandwich (Hawaiian) Isles 2(5): 521-526.
Other references:
Boyko, C.B; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B.; Taiti, S.; Schotte, M. & Wilson, G.D.F. (Eds) (2008 onwards). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Spherillo albospinosus (Dollfus, 1900). Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/Isopoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=263121 on 2021-11-02
Jackson, Harold Gordon. (1941). Check-list of the terrestrial and fresh-water Isopoda of Oceania. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 99(8): 1-35.
Schmalfuss, Helmut. (2003). World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, ser. A (Biologie), no. 654: 1-341.
Taiti, Stefano and Howarth, Francis G. (1996). Terrestrial Isopods from the Hawaiian Islands (Isopoda: Oniscidea). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 45: 59-71.