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Rock Lice, Sea Slaters, and Allies
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Rock Lice, Sea Slaters, and Allies

Ligiidae

Ligiidae is a family of woodlice, the only family in the infraorder Diplocheta. Its members are common on rocky shores, in similar habitats to those inhabited by species of the bristletail Petrobius and the crab Cyclograpsus. The family contains the following genera:

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6 branches of this family, most-observed first

Sea Slaters

genusLigia

Rock Slaters

genusLigidium

Caucasoligidium

genusCaucasoligidium

Tauroligidium

genusTauroligidium

Ligidioides

genusLigidioides

Typhloligidium

genusTyphloligidium

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 55357.