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.