Platyarthridae
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| Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii | |
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| Family: | Platyarthridae Verhoeff, 1949
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Platyarthridae is a family of woodlice, containing the following genera:[1]
- Ferrara & Taiti, 1989
- Ferrara & Schmalfuss, 1983
- Budde-Lund, 1909
- Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1978
- Barnard, 1932
- Niambia Budde-Lund, 1904
- Vandel, 1973
- Platyarthrus Brandt, 1833
- Budde-Lund, 1908
They are mostly less than 6 millimetres (0.24 in) long, and cannot roll into a ball (conglobate). They have no lungs on the pleopods, and have very small compound eyes, with fewer than 10 ommatidia. They are similar to members of the family Trachelipodidae, which do have pleopodal lungs, although the lungs can be inconspicuous.[2]
See also[]
- Trichorhina mulaiki (formerly Mexicostylus)
References[]
- ^ Marilyn Schotte (2010). Schotte M, Boyko CB, Bruce NL, Poore GC, Taiti S, Wilson GD (eds.). "Platyarthridae". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
- ^ G. C. B. Poore (2002). "Platyarthridae Verhoeff, 1949". Crustacea: Malacostraca: Syncarida, Peracarida: Isopoda, Tanaidacea, Mictacea, Thermosbaenacea, Spelaeogriphacea. Zoological catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.2A. CSIRO Publishing. p. 325. ISBN 978-0-643-06901-5.
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