Genus Oniscus

Classification

Freshly Molted European Sowbug - Oniscus asellus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Crustacea (Crustaceans)

Class Malacostraca (Malacostracans)

Superorder Peracarida

Order Isopoda (Isopods)

Suborder Oniscidea (Woodlice)

Family Oniscidae (Sowbugs)

Genus Oniscus

Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 6 October, 2005 - 12:56pm

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