Ligiidae Explained

Ligiidae is a family of woodlice, the only family in the infraorder Diplocheta.^{[1] [2]} Its members are common on rocky shores, in similar habitats to those inhabited by species of the bristletail Petrobius and the crab Cyclograpsus.^[3] The family contains these genera:^[4]

• Caucasoligidium Borutzky, 1950
• Eoligiiscus Sánchez-García, Peñalver, Delclos & Engel, 2021
• Ligia Fabricius, 1798
• Ligidioides Wahrberg, 1922
• Ligidium Brandt, 1833
• Tauroligidium Borutzky, 1950
• Typhloligidium Verhoeff, 1918

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ligiidae . . . 2009-02-15.
2. Web site: Diplocheta . . . 2009-02-15.
3. Book: Colin Little . 1990 . The Terrestrial Invasion: an Ecophysiological Approach to the Origins of Land Animals . Cambridge Studies in Ecology . . 978-0-521-33669-7 . Rocky and shingle shores as routes to land . 148–166 . registration.
4. World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) – revised and updated version . Helmut Schmalfuss . 2003 . Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A . 654 . 341 pp.