Helleria brevicornis

Helleria brevicornis
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)
Synonyms
  • Syspastus brevicornis Ebner, 1868
  • Syspastus brevicornis Budde-Lund, 1879
  • Synlomogaster dasypus Costa, 1882
  • Syngastron dasypus Costa, 1883
  • Syspastus sardous Verhoeff, 1908

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.