Ligiidae is a
family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
of
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 only family in the infraorder Diplocheta.
Its members are common on
rocky shore
A rocky shore is an intertidal area of seacoasts where solid rock predominates. Rocky shores are biologically rich environments, and are a useful "natural laboratory" for studying intertidal ecology and other biological processes. Due to their ...
s, in similar
habitat
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s to those inhabited by species of the bristletail ''
Petrobius
''Petrobius'' is a genus of jumping bristletails in the family Machilidae. Many of these primitive insects are restricted to rocky shorelines.
Species
Species include:
*''Petrobius adriaticus''
*''Petrobius artemisiae''
*''Petrobius brevistylis' ...
'' and the crab ''
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, 18 ...
''.
The family contains these genera:
*''
Caucasoligidium''
Borutzky, 1950
*''
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.
Ecolo ...
''
Fabricius, 1798
*''
Ligidioides''
Wahrberg, 1922
*''
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, s ...
''
Brandt, 1833
*''
Tauroligidium''
Borutzky, 1950
*''
Typhloligidium''
Verhoeff, 1918
References
Woodlice
Crustacean families
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