Oniscidae

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Oniscidae
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Oniscus asellus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Superfamily: Oniscoidea
Family: Oniscidae
Latreille, 1802 [1]
Genera
  • Oniscus Linnaeus, 1758 (5 species)
  • Verhoeff, 1908 (11 species)
  • Budde-Lund, 1908 (22 species)
  • Vandel, 1981 (monotypic)
  • Arcangeli, 1934 (monotypic)
  • Arcangeli, 1939 (2 species)

Oniscidae is a family of woodlice, including the common woodlouse Oniscus asellus. Six genera are certainly placed in the family (Oniscus, , , , and ), with eight others included by some sources (, , , , , , and ).[2][1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Oniscidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. ^ Helmut Schmalfuss (2003). "World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) — revised and updated version" (PDF). , Serie A. 654: 341 pp.

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