Tura laticauda is a species of woodlouse belonging to the genus Tura within the terrestrial isopod family Porcellionidae.
The species was first scientifically described by Danish carcinologist Gustav Budde-Lund in 1913 and assigned to genus Porcellio. It is a terrestrial woodlouse native to East Africa.
The specific name laticauda translates from scientific Latin as "broad-tailed" (derived from latus, meaning wide, and cauda, meaning tail), which refers to the distinct anatomical shape of its posterior segments.
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