Balticoniscus walterludwigi 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

Belongs to Balticoniscus according to B. Kästle and F. Ludwig 2025

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: GPIT-PV-108383, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (Tubingen GPIT collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore

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

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.