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Trichoniscidae
Sign in to saveTrichoniscidae are a family of isopods (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.
Species
woodlice
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderIsopoda
- FamilyTrichoniscidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 31
- With media
- 8
- Family
- Trichoniscidae
- Collections
- MCZ, CAS, EARDC, USNM, WAM, QVMAG
- Recorded in
- United States, Singapore, Australia, Mexico, Bulgaria, Brasil, Italy, Austria
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Trichoniscidae are a family of isopods (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:
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