This family contains 530 species, found on every continent except Antarctica.
The ventral plate of the thoracicexoskeleton flare out slightly over the legs. This "flare" is called the epimeron. The uropods, antenna-like structures at the back of the specimen, are flattened out and spearlike, and extend beyond the last exoskeletal plate.
Generaedit
The family contains 19 genera, and two further genera (Inchanga and Mahehia) may be included.[1]
^Helmut Schmalfuss (2003). "World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) — revised and updated version" (PDF). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A. 654: 341 pp.
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porcellionidae, terrestrial, family, order, isopoda, porcellio, scaber, scientific, classification, domain, eukaryota, kingdom, animalia, phylum, arthropoda, class, malacostraca, superorder, peracarida, order, isopoda, suborder, oniscidea, infraorder, holovert. Porcellionidae is a terrestrial family of the order Isopoda Porcellionidae Porcellio scaber Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Malacostraca Superorder Peracarida Order Isopoda Suborder Oniscidea Infraorder Holoverticata Family PorcellionidaeBrandt amp Ratzeburg 1831 This family contains 530 species found on every continent except Antarctica The ventral plate of the thoracic exoskeleton flare out slightly over the legs This flare is called the epimeron The uropods antenna like structures at the back of the specimen are flattened out and spearlike and extend beyond the last exoskeletal plate Genera editThe family contains 19 genera and two further genera Inchanga and Mahehia may be included 1 Acaeroplastes Verhoeff 1918 Agabiformius Verhoeff 1908 Atlantidium Arcangeli 1936 Brevurus Schmalfuss 1986 Caeroplastes Verhoeff 1918 Congocellio Arcangeli 1950 Dorypoditius Verhoeff 1942 Leptotrichus Budde Lund 1885 Lucasius Kinahan 1859 Mica Budde Lund 1908 Pondo Barnard 1937 Porcellio Latreille 1804 Porcellionides Miers 1877 Proporcellio Verhoeff 1907 Soteriscus Vandel 1956 Thermocellio Verhoeff 1942 Tropicocellio Arcangeli 1950 Tura Budde Lund 1908 Uramba Budde Lund 1908References edit Helmut Schmalfuss 2003 World catalog of terrestrial isopods Isopoda Oniscidea revised and updated version PDF Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde Serie A 654 341 pp nbsp This isopod related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Porcellionidae amp oldid 1190842265, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
