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Trichorhina acuta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Isopoda
Suborder:	Oniscidea
Family:	Platyarthridae
Genus:	Trichorhina
Species:	T. acuta
Binomial name
Trichorhina acuta Araujo & Buckup, 1994

Trichorhina acuta is a species of woodlouse, originally described by Araujo and Buckup in 1994. Distributed throughout Brazil, it can be found living synantropically, under dead plant matter or stones.

Etymology

The name comes from the Greek prefix tri-, meaning three and the Greek word chorhina, meaning villages. It also has the Greek word acuta, meaning sharp.

References

1. Leistikow, Andreas (1999). "Checklist of the terrestrial isopods of the new world (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea)". Revta Bras. Zool. 16 (1): 28. doi:10.1590/S0101-81751999000100001.
2. Souza, Leila A. (2011). "The genus Trichorhina Budde-Lund in Brazil, with description of seven new species (Isopoda, Oniscidea, Platyarthridae)". Iheringia, Série Zoologia, Porto Alegre. 101 (3): 241.

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