Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Isopoda

Oniscidea Latreille, 1802

Rank: Suborder
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Suborder group names

Oniscoidea Latreille, 1802 synonym

Children

Diplocheta Vandel, 1957
Orthogonopoda Tabacaru & Danielopol, 1996
Tylida Erhard, 1998
Tylomorpha

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: oniscideans sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
 German: Landasseln sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
 Japanese: ワラジムシ亜目

Literature

original description

Latreille, P.A. (1802-1805). Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. Familles naturelles des genre. Ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire Naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs Sociétés savantes. de L'imprimerie de F. Dufart, Paris. 14 vols.:413 pp.

basis of record

Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25].

additional source

Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp.

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Oniscidea. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146505

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Oniscidea Latreille, 1802. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/e85b6a26-2f32-479a-98fc-49cc0f3ac968

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2022-07-19 by Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall & by Christopher B. Boyko

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