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Ligiidae
Ligiidae is a family (biology), family of woodlouse, woodlice, the only family in the infraorder Diplocheta. Its members are common on rocky shores, in similar habitats to those inhabited by species of the bristletail ''Petrobius'' and the crab ''Cyclograpsus''. The family contains these genera: *''Caucasoligidium'' Borutzky, 1950 *''Ligia'' Fabricius, 1798 *''Ligidioides'' Wahrberg, 1922 *''Ligidium'' Brandt, 1833 *''Tauroligidium'' Borutzky, 1950 *''Typhloligidium'' Verhoeff, 1918 References

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Woodlice
A woodlouse (plural woodlice) is an isopod crustacean from the polyphyleticThe current consensus is that Oniscidea is actually triphyletic suborder Oniscidea within the order Isopoda. They get their name from often being found in old wood. The first woodlice were marine isopods which are presumed to have colonised land in the Carboniferous, though the oldest known fossils are from the Cretaceous period. They have many common names and although often referred to as terrestrial isopods, some species live semiterrestrially or have recolonised aquatic environments. Woodlice in the families Armadillidae, Armadillidiidae, Eubelidae, Tylidae and some other genera can roll up into a roughly spherical shape ( conglobate) as a defensive mechanism; others have partial rolling ability, but most cannot conglobate at all. Woodlice have a basic morphology of a segmented, dorso-ventrally flattened body with seven pairs of jointed legs, specialised appendages for respiration and like ...
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Woodlouse
A woodlouse (plural woodlice) is an isopod crustacean from the polyphyleticThe current consensus is that Oniscidea is actually triphyletic suborder Oniscidea within the order Isopoda. They get their name from often being found in old wood. The first woodlice were marine isopods which are presumed to have colonised land in the Carboniferous, though the oldest known fossils are from the Cretaceous period. They have many common names and although often referred to as terrestrial isopods, some species live semiterrestrially or have recolonised aquatic environments. Woodlice in the families Armadillidae, Armadillidiidae, Eubelidae, Tylidae and some other genera can roll up into a roughly spherical shape ( conglobate) as a defensive mechanism; others have partial rolling ability, but most cannot conglobate at all. Woodlice have a basic morphology of a segmented, dorso-ventrally flattened body with seven pairs of jointed legs, specialised appendages for respiration and like ...
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Ligia
''Ligia'' is a genus of isopods, commonly known as rock lice or sea slaters. Most ''Ligia'' species live in tidal zone cliffs and rocky beaches, but there are several fully terrestrial species which occur in high-humidity environments. Ecology Coastal ''Ligia'' species exhibit a mixture of terrestrial and marine characteristics, drying out easily, needing moist air and proximity to water to retain water. While they have gills and can exchange gas under water, they only do so when escaping terrestrial predators or being dislodged by wave action. They do not move swiftly in the water and are open to marine predation. They are well adapted to rocky surfaces and avoid sand, which opens them to terrestrial predation and desiccation. Taxonomy It has been suggested that ''Ligia'' is more closely to marine isopods than it is to true woodlice. Species Species separation is at times difficult because of sexual dimorphism. For example, males usually have longer and wider antennae ...
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Ligidium
''Ligidium'' is a genus of woodlice. It contains about 46 species, six of which are probably Synonym (taxonomy), taxonomic synonyms of ''Ligidium hypnorum'' or ''Ligidium germanicum''. Of the remainder, eight species are found in North America, six in Japan, two in Taiwan, four in China, 12 in Turkey, the Caucasus, and Central Asia, and six in Greece. *''Ligidium acutitelson'' Wang & Kwon, 1993 *''Ligidium anatolicum'' Frankenberger, 1950 *''Ligidium assimile'' Strouhal, 1971 *''Ligidium beieri'' Strouhal, 1928 *''Ligidium birsteini'' Borutzky, 1950 *''Ligidium blueridgensis'' Schultz, 1964 *''Ligidium bosniense'' Verhoeff, 1901 *''Ligidium bosporanum'' Verhoeff, 1941 *''Ligidium burmanicum'' Verhoeff, 1946 *''Ligidium cavaticum'' Borutzky, 1950 *''Ligidium cycladicum'' Matsakis, 1978 *''Ligidium denticulatum'' Shen, 1949 *''Ligidium elrodii'' (Packard, 1873) *''Ligidium euboicum'' Matsakis, 1975 *''Ligidium floridanum'' Schultz & Johnson, 1984 *''Ligidium formosanum'' Wang & Kwon ...
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Stuttgarter Beiträge Zur Naturkunde
Stuttgart (; Swabian German, Swabian: ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the Swabian Jura and the Black Forest. Stuttgart has a population of 635,911, making it the list of cities in Germany by population, sixth largest city in Germany. 2.8 million people live in the city's administrative region and 5.3 million people in Stuttgart Metropolitan Region, its metropolitan area, making it the metropolitan regions in Germany, fourth largest metropolitan area in Germany. The city and metropolitan area are consistently ranked among the list of metropolitan areas in the European Union by GDP, top 20 European metropolitan areas by GDP; Mercer (consulting firm), Mercer listed Stuttgart as 21st on its 2015 list of cities by quality o ...
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Ligia Oceanica
''Ligia oceanica'', the sea slater, common sea slater, or sea roach, is a littoral zone woodlouse, living on rocky seashores of the European North Sea and Atlantic coastlines. ''L. oceanica'' is oval, twice as long as broad, and may reach up to in length, making it one of the largest Oniscidae, oniscid isopods. Its colour may vary from grey to olive (color), olive green, and it has large compound eyes and long antenna (biology), antennae, two-thirds as long as its body. ''L. oceanica'' is found in temperate, temperate waters from Norway to the Mediterranean Sea, and from Cape Cod north to Maine. It is a common species, occurring wherever the substrate of the littoral zone is rocky, and is especially common in crevices and rock pools and under stones. It is a nocturnal animal, nocturnal omnivore, eating many kinds of seaweed, diatoms, and detritus, with a particular fondness for bladder wrack (''Fucus vesiculosus''). ''L. oceanica'' individuals live for 2–3 years and usual ...
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Cyclograpsus
''Cyclograpsus'' is a genus of crabs, containing the following species: *'' Cyclograpsus audouinii'' H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 *'' Cyclograpsus barbatus'' (MacLeay, 1838) *'' Cyclograpsus beccarii'' Nobili, 1899 *'' Cyclograpsus cinereus'' Dana, 1851 *'' Cyclograpsus escondidensis'' Rathbun, 1933 *'' Cyclograpsus eydouxi'' H. Milne-Edwards, 1853 *'' Cyclograpsus granulatus'' Dana, 1851 *'' Cyclograpsus granulosus'' H. Milne-Edwards, 1853 *'' Cyclograpsus henshawi'' Rathbun, 1902 *'' Cyclograpsus incisus'' Shen, 1940 *'' Cyclograpsus insularum'' Campbell & Griffin, 1966 *'' Cyclograpsus integer'' H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 *'' Cyclograpsus intermedius'' Ortmann, 1894 *'' Cyclograpsus lavauxi'' H. Milne-Edwards, 1853 *'' Cyclograpsus longipes'' Stimpson, 1858 *'' Cyclograpsus lucidus'' Dai, Yang, Song & Chen, 1986 *'' Cyclograpsus punctatus'' H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 *'' Cyclograpsus sanctaecrucis'' Griffin, 1968 *'' Cyclograpsus unidens'' Nobili, 1905 Around three further species are know ...
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