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Ligiidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Isopoda

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Family

Subphylum
  
Crustacea

Scientific name
  
Ligiidae

Higher classification
  
Isopods

Ligiidae wwwcrustaceanetcrustaceisopodaimagesthligii

Infraorder
  
Diplocheta Vandel, 1957

Lower classifications
  
Ligia exotica, Ligia, Ligidium

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. The family contains the following genera:

  • Caucasoligidium Borutzky, 1950
  • Ligia Fabricius, 1798
  • Ligidioides Wahrberg, 1922
  • Ligidium Brandt, 1833
  • Tauroligidium Borutzky, 1950
  • Typhloligidium Verhoeff, 1918

    • References

    Ligiidae Wikipedia
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