Oniscoidea
Encyclopedia
Oniscoidea is a superfamily
of isopod crustacean
s, which includes most of the land-living woodlice
. It includes the "common woodlouse", Oniscus asellus
, in the namesake family
Oniscidae
.
Taxonomic rank
In biological classification, rank is the level in a taxonomic hierarchy. Examples of taxonomic ranks are species, genus, family, and class. Each rank subsumes under it a number of less general categories...
of isopod crustacean
Crustacean
Crustaceans form a very large group of arthropods, usually treated as a subphylum, which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles. The 50,000 described species range in size from Stygotantulus stocki at , to the Japanese spider crab with a leg span...
s, which includes most of the land-living woodlice
Woodlouse
A woodlouse is a crustacean with a rigid, segmented, long exoskeleton and fourteen jointed limbs...
. It includes 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:...
, in the namesake family
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...
Oniscidae
Oniscidae
Oniscidae is a family of woodlice, including the common woodlouse Oniscus asellus. Six genera are certainly placed in the family , with eight others included by some sources Oniscidae is a family of woodlice, including the common woodlouse Oniscus asellus. Six genera are certainly placed in the...
.
Families
Fifteen families are recognised in the superfamily :- Bathytropidae Vandel, 1952
- Berytoniscidae Vandel, 1973
- Detonidae Budde-Lund, 1906
- Halophilosciidae Verhoeff, 1908
- Olibrinidae Vandel, 1973
- OniscidaeOniscidaeOniscidae is a family of woodlice, including the common woodlouse Oniscus asellus. Six genera are certainly placed in the family , with eight others included by some sources Oniscidae is a family of woodlice, including the common woodlouse Oniscus asellus. Six genera are certainly placed in the...
Latreille, 1802 - PhilosciidaePhilosciidaePhilosciidae are a family of woodlice . They occur almost everywhere on earth, with most species found in tropical America, Africa and Oceania, and only a few in the Holarctic.-Genera:...
Kinahan, 1857 - Platyarthridae Vandel, 1946
- Pudeoniscidae Lemos de Castro, 1973
- Rhyscotidae Budde-Lund, 1908
- Scyphacidae Dana, 1852
- Speleoniscidae Vandel, 1948
- Sphaeroniscidae Vandel, 1964
- Stenoniscidae Budde-Lund, 1904
- Tendosphaeridae Verhoeff, 1930