Platyarthridae is a family of woodlice, containing the following genera:[1]
- Cephaloniscus Ferrara & Taiti, 1989
- Echinochaetus Ferrara & Schmalfuss, 1983
- Gerufa Budde-Lund, 1909
- Lanceochaetus Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1978
- Manibia Barnard, 1932
- Niambia Budde-Lund, 1904
- Papuasoniscus Vandel, 1973
- Platyarthrus Brandt, 1833
- Trichorhina Budde-Lund, 1908
| Platyarthridae | |
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| Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Superorder: | Peracarida |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Oniscidea |
| Family: | Platyarthridae Verhoeff, 1949 |
They are mostly less than 6 millimetres (0.24 in) long, and cannot roll into a ball (conglobate). They have no lungs on the pleopods, and have very small compound eyes, with fewer than 10 ommatidia. They are similar to members of the family Trachelipodidae, which do have pleopodal lungs, although the lungs can be inconspicuous.[2]
See also edit
- Trichorhina mulaiki (formerly Mexicostylus)
References edit
- ^ Marilyn Schotte (2010). Schotte M, Boyko CB, Bruce NL, Poore GC, Taiti S, Wilson GD (eds.). "Platyarthridae". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
- ^ G. C. B. Poore (2002). "Platyarthridae Verhoeff, 1949". Crustacea: Malacostraca: Syncarida, Peracarida: Isopoda, Tanaidacea, Mictacea, Thermosbaenacea, Spelaeogriphacea. Zoological catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.2A. CSIRO Publishing. p. 325. ISBN 978-0-643-06901-5.
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