Oniscidae
Encyclopedia
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).
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of woodlice, including the common woodlouse Oniscus asellus
Oniscus asellus
Oniscus asellus, the common woodlouse, is one of the largest and most common species of woodlouse in the British Isles and Western and Northern Europe, growing to lengths of 16 mm and widths of 6 mm.-Distribution:...
. Six genera
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
are certainly placed in the family (Oniscus
Oniscus
Oniscus is a genus of woodlice. It comprises five species, three of which are confined to northwestern Iberia , one to the Pyrenees , and one of which, O. asellus, is widespread across Europe and has been introduced to the Americas ....
, Oroniscus, Phalloniscus, Rabdoniscus, Rodoniscus and Sardoniscus), with eight others included by some sources (Cerberoides, Diacara, Exalloniscus, Hanoniscus, Hiatoniscus, Hora, Krantzia and Tasmanoniscus).