Ligiidae | |
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Ligia oceanica | |
Ligidium japonicum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Isopoda |
Suborder: | Oniscidea |
Infraorder: | Ligiamorpha |
Section: | Diplocheta Vandel, 1957 [2] |
Family: | Ligiidae Leach, 1814 [1] |
Ligiidae is a family of woodlice, the only family in the infraorder Diplocheta.[3][2] Its members are common on rocky shores, in similar habitats to those inhabited by species of the bristletail Petrobius and the crab Cyclograpsus.[4] The family contains these genera:[5]