| Delatorreiidae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Superorder: | Peracarida |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Oniscidea |
| Family: | Delatorreiidae Verhoeff, 1938 |
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Delatorreiidae is a family of woodlice. It includes the genera Acanthoniscus , Cuzcodinella and Pseudarmadillo . [1]
A woodlouse is any crustacean belonging to the suborder Oniscidea within the order Isopoda. They get their name from often being found in old wood, and from louse, a parasitic insect, although woodlice are not insects.
Pseudarmadillo is a genus of woodlice from the Greater Antilles. All extant species live in Cuba, with one species also extending to the Bahamas:
Acanthoniscus is a monotypic genus of woodlice belonging to the family Delatorreiidae. The only species is Acanthoniscus spiniger.