Oniscoidea
Superfamily of isopod crustaceans
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Oniscoidea is a superfamily of isopod crustaceans, which includes most of the land-living woodlice. It includes the "common woodlouse", Oniscus asellus, in the namesake family Oniscidae.
| Oniscoidea | |
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| Oniscus asellus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Oniscidea |
| Section: | Crinocheta |
| Superfamily: | Oniscoidea Latreille, 1802 |
| Families | |
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15; see text | |
Families
Fifteen families are recognised in the superfamily :[1]
- Bathytropidae Vandel, 1952
- Berytoniscidae Vandel, 1973
- Detonidae Budde-Lund, 1906
- Halophilosciidae Verhoeff, 1908
- Olibrinidae Vandel, 1973
- Oniscidae Latreille, 1802
- Philosciidae 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
