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Species of woodlouse
Alpioniscus sideralis is a species of freshwater, cave-dwelling woodlice. It was first collected in a karstic Su Bantu cave in Supramonte, Sardinia by a group od astronauts during a subterranean training course CAVES organized by the European Space Agency (ESA) in 2012[1][2][3] and formally decribed in a ZooKeys publication in 2018.[4]
- ^ published, Mike Wall (2019-03-29). “Astronauts Help Discover Newfound Crustacean During Cave Expedition”. Space. Retrieved 2025-09-27.
- ^ published, Brandon Specktor (2019-03-28). “Astronauts Spent 6 Nights in a Pitch-Black Cave, and Emerged with a Brand-New Species of Crustacean”. Live Science. Retrieved 2025-09-27.
- ^ “Back to the water”. www.esa.int. Retrieved 2025-09-27.
- ^ Taiti, Stefano; Argano, Roberto; Marcia, Paolo; Scarpa, Fabio; Sanna, Daria; Casu, Marco (2018). “The genus Alpioniscus Racovitza, 1908 in Sardinia: taxonomy and natural history (Isopoda, Oniscidea, Trichoniscidae)”. ZooKeys. 801: 229–263. doi:10.3897/zookeys.801.24102. ISSN 1313-2970.
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