Ligiidae
Family of woodlice / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Diplocheta" redirects here. For the superorder of millipedes in class Diplopoda, see Juliformia.
Ligiidae is a family of woodlice, the only family in the infraorder Diplocheta.[3][1] Its members are common on rocky shores, in similar habitats to those inhabited by species of the bristletail Petrobius and the crab Cyclograpsus.[4] The family contains these genera:[5]
- Caucasoligidium Borutzky, 1950
- Eoligiiscus Sánchez-García, Peñalver, Delclos & Engel, 2021
- Ligia Fabricius, 1798
- Ligidioides Wahrberg, 1922
- Ligidium Brandt, 1833
- Tauroligidium Borutzky, 1950
- Typhloligidium Verhoeff, 1918
Quick Facts Scientific classification ...
Ligiidae | |
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Ligia oceanica | |
Ligidium japonicum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Superorder: | Peracarida |
Order: | Isopoda |
Suborder: | Oniscidea |
Infraorder: | Ligiamorpha |
Section: | Diplocheta Vandel, 1957 [1] |
Family: | Ligiidae Leach, 1814 [2] |
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