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Oniscoidea
Oniscus asellus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Isopoda
Suborder:	Oniscidea
Section:	Crinocheta
Superfamily:	Oniscoidea Latreille, 1802
Families
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.

Families

Fifteen families are recognised in the superfamily :

• Bathytropidae Vandel, 1952
• Berytoniscidae Vandel, 1973
• Detonidae Budde-Lund, 1906
• Halophilosciidae Verhoeff, 1908
• Olibrinidae Vandel, 1973
• Oniscidae Latreille, 1802
• Philosciidae Kinahan, 1857
• Platyarthridae Vandel, 1946
• Pudeoniscidae Lemos de Castro, 1973
• Rhyscotidae Budde-Lund, 1908
• Scyphacidae Dana, 1852
• Speleoniscidae Vandel, 1948
• Sphaeroniscidae Vandel, 1964
• Stenoniscidae Budde-Lund, 1904
• Tendosphaeridae Verhoeff, 1930

References

1. Joel W. Martin & George E. Davis (2001). An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea (PDF). Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. pp. 132 pp.

External links

• [REDACTED] Media related to Oniscidea at Wikimedia Commons
• [REDACTED] Data related to Oniscoidea at Wikispecies

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