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Ligiidae (Sea roach)

Synonyms: Ligididae

Wikipedia Abstract

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: \n* Caucasoligidium Borutzky, 1950 \n* Ligia Fabricius, 1798 \n* Ligidioides Wahrberg, 1922 \n* Ligidium Brandt, 1833 \n* Tauroligidium Borutzky, 1950 \n* Typhloligidium Verhoeff, 1918
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Genus

Caucasoligidium (1)
Eoligiiscus (1)
Euryligia (1)
Ligia (49)
Ligidioides (1)
Ligidium (62)
Tauroligidium (1)
Typhloligidium (4)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0