Helleria brevicornis
| Helleria brevicornis | |
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| Plate from first published description | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Oniscidea |
| Family: | Tylidae |
| Genus: | Helleria |
| Species: | H. brevicornis |
| Binomial name | |
| Helleria brevicornis (Ebner, 1868) | |
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Helleria brevicornis, the sole species of the monotypic genus Helleria, is a terrestrial woodlouse endemic to the islands and coastal regions of the northern Tyrrhenian sea. H. brevicornis is of interest due to its endemism, unique ecology and basal position in the suborder Oniscidea.