Balticoniscus Kästle and Ludwig 2025 (isopod)

Malacostraca - Isopoda

Full reference: B. Kästle and F. Ludwig. 2025. A new genus and species of terrestrial isopod (Isopoda: Oniscidea) found in Baltic amber. European Journal of Taxonomy 1012:15-26

Parent taxon: Crinocheta according to B. Kästle and F. Ludwig 2025

Sister taxa: Armadillidiidae, Detonidae, Olibrinidae, Pseudarmadillidae, Scleropactidae, Stenoniscidae

Subtaxa: Balticoniscus walterludwigi

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Type: Balticoniscus walterludwigi

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (Tubingen GPIT collection)

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