Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Isopoda > Suborder Oniscidea > Parvorder Orthogonopoda > Section Crinocheta

Philosciidae Kinahan, 1857

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*Philoscidae*	Kinahan, 1857	synonym

Children

Anaphiloscia Racovitza, 1907
Anchiphiloscia Stebbing, 1908
Burmoniscus Collinge, 1914
Chaetophiloscia Verhoeff, 1909
Ctenoscia Verhoeff, 1929
Lepidoniscus Verhoeff, 1908
Parachaetophiloscia Cruz & Dalens, 1990
Philoscia Latreille, 1804
Tiroloscia Verhoeff, 1926
Trichophiloscia Arcangeli, 1950

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: woodlice sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: ヒメワラジムシ科

Literature

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	Schmalfuss, H. (2003). World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie A (Biologie). 654: 1-341.

Genbank

Citation

Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Philosciidae Kinahan, 1857. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246825

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Philosciidae Kinahan, 1857. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/a215be87-4c13-4ca5-b38e-6a0456d63f0e