Oniscidae is a
family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
of
woodlice
Woodlice are terrestrial isopods in the suborder Oniscidea. Their name is derived from being often found in old wood, and from louse, a parasitic insect, although woodlice are neither parasitic nor insects.
Woodlice evolved from marine isopods ...
, including the common woodlouse ''
Oniscus asellus
''Oniscus asellus'', the common woodlouse, is one of the largest and most common species of woodlouse native to the British Isles and Western Europe, Western and Northern Europe, growing to long and wide. ''Oniscus asellus'' was first describe ...
''. Six
genera
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial s ...
are certainly placed in the family (''
Oniscus'', ''
Oroniscus'', ''
Phalloniscus'', ''
Rabdoniscus'', ''
Rodoniscus'' and ''
Sardoniscus''), with eight others included by some sources (''
Cerberoides'', ''
Diacara'', ''
Exalloniscus'', ''
Hanoniscus'', ''
Hiatoniscus'', ''
Hora
Hora may refer to:
Companies
* Hora (company), a Romanian manufacturer of stringed musical instruments
People, real & mythological
* Hora (pl. Horae), figure from Greek mythology
* Hora (surname)
* Hora, a member of the Japanese duo Schwarz St ...
'', ''
Krantzia'' and ''
Tasmanoniscus'').
References
External links
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Woodlice
Isopod families
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