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 Synocheta

Trichoniscidae G. O. Sars, 1899

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Actaeoniscus Vandel, 1955
Acyphoniscus Frankenberger, 1941
Aegonethes Tabacaru, 1996
Alpioniscus Racovitza, 1908
Balearonethes Dalens, 1977
Balkanoniscus Verhoeff, 1926
Banatoniscus Tabacaru, 1991
Bergamoniscus Brian & Vandel, 1949
Beroniscus Vandel, 1967
Biharoniscus Tabacaru, 1963
Bulgaronethes Vandel, 1967
Bureschia Verhoeff, 1926
Calconiscellus Verhoeff, 1927
Cantabroniscus Vandel, 1965
Carloniscus Verhoeff, 1936
Castellanethes Brian, 1952
Catalauniscus Vandel, 1953
Caucasonethes Verhoeff, 1932
Cretoniscellus Vandel, 1957
Cyphobrembana Verhoeff, 1931
Cypholambrana Verhoeff, 1938
Cyphonethes Verhoeff, 1926
Cyphoniscellus Verhoeff, 1927
Cyphopleon Frankenberger, 1940
Cyphotendana Verhoeff, 1936
Cyrnoniscus Vandel, 1953
Escualdoniscus Vandel, 1948
Finaloniscus Brian, 1951
Graeconiscus Strouhal, 1940
Haplophthalminae Verhoeff, 1908
Helenoniscus Legrand, 1943
Iberoniscus Vandel, 1952
Italoniscus Schmoelzer, 1962
Itea C. Koch, 1838
Katascaphius Verhoeff, 1936
Lapilloniscus Brian, 1938
Leucocyphoniscus Verhoeff, 1900
Libanonethes Vandel, 1955
Macedonethes Buturovic, 1955
Microtitanethes Pljakic, 1977
Minoscellus Vandel, 1957
Monocyphoniscus Strouhal, 1939
Moserius Strouhal, 1940
Murgeoniscus Arcangeli, 1938
Neotrichoniscus Brian, 1959
Nesiotoniscus Racovitza, 1908
Oritoniscus Racovitza, 1908
Paracyphoniscus Brian, 1958
Phymatoniscus Racovitza, 1908
Pleurocyphoniscus Verhoeff, 1901
Protonethes Absolon & Strouhal, 1932
Rhodopioniscus Tabaracu, 1993
Sanfilippia Brian, 1948
Scotoniscus Racovitza, 1908
Siciloniscus Caruso, 1982
Spelaeonethes Verhoeff, 1932
Strouhaloniscellus Tabaracu, 1993
Stylohylea Verhoeff, 1930
Tachysoniscus Verhoeff, 1930
Tauronethes Borutzkii, 1939
Thaumatoniscellus Tabaracu, 1973
Titanethes Schioedte, 1849
Trichoniscinae G. O. Sars, 1899
Tricyphoniscus Verhoeff, 1931
Troglocyphoniscus Strouhal, 1939
Troglonethes Cruz, 1991
Vandeloniscellus Tabaracu, 1993
Vardaroniscus Buturovic, 1955

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: woodlice

Literature

original description

Sars, G. O. (1896-1899). An account of the Crustacea of Norway with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Volume II. Isopoda. Bergen Museum, Bergen. i-x + 1-270, pls. 1-104.

basis of record

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

additional source

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

additional source

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].

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Trichoniscidae G. O. Sars, 1899. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238351

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Trichoniscidae G. O. Sars, 1899. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/bf78ba38-bc26-412e-922c-958dc1a4a911

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, not brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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

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