Oniscidae

Oniscidae is a family of woodlice, including the common woodlouse Oniscus asellus. Six genera are certainly placed in the family (Oniscus, Oroniscus, Phalloniscus, Rabdoniscus, Rodoniscus and Sardoniscus), with eight others included by some sources (Cerberoides, Diacara, Exalloniscus, Hanoniscus, Hiatoniscus, Hora, Krantzia and Tasmanoniscus).[2][1]

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

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


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