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

Oniscidae Latreille, 1802

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

Oniscides Latreille, 1802 synonym

Children

Oniscus Linnaeus, 1758
Oroniscus Verhoeff, 1908
Phalloniscus Budde-Lund, 1908
Sardoniscus Arcangeli, 1939

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: woodlice

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

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Oniscidae Latreille, 1802. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=147057

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Oniscidae Latreille, 1802. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/efe43cd8-9f67-4d4c-80d1-e3d3fb828916

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, not brackish, not fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2024-03-15 by Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall & by Christopher B. Boyko

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