Biology:Ligiidae

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Short description: Family of woodlice

Ligiidae
Ligia oceanica
Ligidium japonicum
Scientific classification e
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Animalia
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Arthropoda
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Malacostraca
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Peracarida
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Isopoda
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Oniscidea
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Ligiamorpha
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Diplocheta
Vandel, 1957 [2]
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Ligiidae
Leach, 1814 [1]

Ligiidae is a family of woodlice, the only family in the infraorder Diplocheta.[3][2] 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
  • Ligia Fabricius, 1798
  • Ligidioides Wahrberg, 1922
  • Ligidium Brandt, 1833
  • Tauroligidium Borutzky, 1950
  • Typhloligidium Verhoeff, 1918

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1314554 entry