Oniscoidea | |
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Oniscus asellus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Isopoda |
Suborder: | Oniscidea |
Infraorder: | Ligiamorpha |
Section: | Crinocheta |
Superfamily: |
Oniscoidea Latreille, 1802 |
Families | |
15; see text |
15; see text
Oniscoidea is a superfamily of isopod crustaceans, which includes most of the land-living woodlice. It includes the "common woodlouse", Oniscus asellus, in the namesake family Oniscidae.
Fifteen families are recognised in the superfamily :