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Trichoniscidae
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Trichoniscidae

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 amphibious lifestyle 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.

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5 branches of this family, most-observed first

Trichoniscinae

subfamilyTrichoniscinae

Haplophthalminae

subfamilyHaplophthalminae

Buddelundiellinae

subfamilyBuddelundiellinae

Pseudobuddelundiella

genusPseudobuddelundiella

Thaumatoniscellinae

subfamilyThaumatoniscellinae

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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 86114.