Scyphacidae is a family 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. ...

in the order

Isopoda Isopoda is an order of crustaceans that includes woodlice and their relatives. Isopods live in the sea, in fresh water, or on land. All have rigid, segmented exoskeletons, two pairs of antennae, seven pairs of jointed limbs on the thorax, an ...

. There are about 7 genera and more than 30 described species in Scyphacidae.

Genera

These seven genera belong to the family Scyphacidae: * '' Actaecia'' Dana, 1853 * '' Haloniscus'' Chilton, 1920 * '' Marioniscus'' Barnard, 1932 * '' Quelpartoniscus'' Kwon, 1995 * '' Scyphacella'' Smith, 1873 * '' Scyphax'' Dana, 1853 * '' Scyphoniscus'' Chilton, 1901

Taxonomy

The genus ''Scyphoniscus'' was moved by Schmidt (2002) from Scyphacidae to Detonidae, and this combination was reflected in a catalogue by Schmalfuss (2003). However, in a more recent paper (Schmidt & Leistikow 2004: Catalogue of genera of the terrestrial Isopoda. - Steentstrupia 28: 1-118) the genus was included again in Scyphacidae.

Genera

Taxonomy

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