Trichoniscidae are a family of
isopod
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 ...
s (woodlice), including the most abundant British woodlouse, ''
Trichoniscus pusillus''. Most species of woodlice that have returned to an aquatic or amphibian way of life belong to this family. Several species from the following genera live in water and on land: ''Titanethes'', ''Cyphonetes'', ''Alpioniscus'', ''Scotoniscus'', ''Bureschia'', ''Brackenridgia'', ''Mexiconiscus'', ''Trichoniscoides'', ''Cretoniscellus'', ''Balearonethes'' and ''Cyphoniscellus''.
Genera
The family Trichoniscidae contains the following genera, including those previously treated as the separate family Buddelundiellidae:
References
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Woodlice
Crustacean families