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

Armadillidae Brandt in Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1831

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

Armadillo Latreille, 1802 taxonomically included in
Ctenorillo Verhoeff, 1942 taxonomically included in
Armadillina Brandt in Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1831 synonym
Armadilloidea Brandt in Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1831 synonym

Children

Armadillo Latreille, 1802
Ctenorillo Verhoeff, 1942

Literature

original description

Brandt, J. F.; Ratzeburg, J. T. C. (1831). Isopoda. Gleichfüßler. Medizinische Zoologie oder getreue Darstellung und Beschreibung der Thiere die in der Arzneimittellehre in Betracht kommen, in systematischer Folge herausgegeben. 2(3-4): 70-84, pls. 12-13.

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.

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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. Armadillidae Brandt in Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1831. 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:248274

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Armadillidae Brandt in Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1831. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/c88cf4b1-0171-489b-a816-80ac3a0ed8f1

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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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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:248274
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:14848

Last modified

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

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