Family Trichoniscidae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Remarks

White bumpy woodlouse - Haplophthalmus danicus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Crustacea (Crustaceans)

Class Malacostraca (Malacostracans)

Superorder Peracarida (Marsupial Crustaceans)

Order Isopoda (Isopods)

No Taxon (Scutocoxifera)

Suborder Oniscidea (Woodlice)

Infraorder Holoverticata

No Taxon (Orthogonopoda)

No Taxon (Synocheta)

Family Trichoniscidae

Explanation of Names

Trichoniscidae G.O. Sars 1899

Numbers

almost 90 genera with hundreds of species total

Range

Subcosmopolitan, with the highest diversity set around the Mediterranean. In North America about a third of the species present are introduced from Europe, while most of the rest are tiny-ranged cave endemics (mostly in Amerigoniscus and Brackenridgia), although many species of the native genus Miktoniscus are surface-dwelling and 2 species (spinosus and medcofi) are widespread across the east

Remarks

Most Trichoniscids people see in North America are introduced from Europe, the native species tend to be uncommon or have very narrow ranges and habitat needs (asides from the eastern genus Miktoniscus)

Contributed by tom murray on 2 June, 2006 - 1:48pm
Additional contributions by v belov, Astrobirder
Last updated 19 December, 2021 - 2:37pm

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