Ligiidae
| Ligiidae | |
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| Ligia oceanica | |
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| Ligidium japonicum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Arthropoda
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| Subphylum: | Crustacea
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| Class: | |
| Order: | |
| Suborder: | Oniscidea
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| Infraorder: | Diplocheta , 1957 [1]
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| Family: | Ligiidae |
Ligiidae is a family of woodlice, the only family in the infraorder Diplocheta. Its members are common on rocky shores, in similar habitats to those inhabited by species of the bristletail Petrobius and the crab Cyclograpsus.[3] The family contains these genera:[4]
- Borutzky, 1950
- Ligia Fabricius, 1798
- Wahrberg, 1922
- Ligidium Brandt, 1833
- Borutzky, 1950
- Verhoeff, 1918
References[]
- ^ "Diplocheta". Australian Faunal Directory. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
- ^ "Ligiidae Leach, 1814". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
- ^ Colin Little (1990). "Rocky and shingle shores as routes to land". The Terrestrial Invasion: an Ecophysiological Approach to the Origins of Land Animals. Cambridge Studies in Ecology. Cambridge University Press. pp. 148–166. ISBN 978-0-521-33669-7.
- ^ Helmut Schmalfuss (2003). "World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) – revised and updated version" (PDF). , Serie A. 654: 341 pp.
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