Chaetophiloscia elongata (Dollfus, 1884)
Status:
GB IUCN status: Not applicable (non-native)
Identification
Chaetophiloscia species are typically mottled brown, with a strongly stepped body outline, thus resembling a relatively slender Philoscia muscorum.
In prep.
[specimens collected from the Isles of Scilly in the 1980s may be this?]
Distribution and Habitat
Of the three European species, C. elongata is perhaps the most likely in Britain, since it reaches the French coasts of the English Channel (‘Le Manche’) and is often associated with human activity (Noël & Séchet, 2007). However, in recent years two other species, C. cellaria and C. sicula, have been recorded from Britain.
References
Noël, F & Séchet, E. (2007) Crustacés Isopodes terrestres du Nord-Ouest de la France: clé de détermination et références bibliographiques. Invertébrés Armoricains, 2: 1-48.
BRC code
76
idBmigTaxa
Cru_2675