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 afamily ofwoodlice, the only family in the infraorderDiplocheta.[3][2] Its members are common onrocky shores, in similarhabitats to those inhabited by species of the bristletailPetrobius and the crabCyclograpsus.[4] The family contains these genera:[5]