Biology:Scyphacidae
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Short description: Family of woodlice
| Scyphacidae | |
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| Scyphax ornatus, New Zealand | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Superorder: | Peracarida |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Oniscidea |
| Infraorder: | Holoverticata |
| Family: | Scyphacidae |
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Actaeciidae | |
Scyphacidae is a family of woodlice in the order Isopoda. There are about 7 genera and more than 30 described species in Scyphacidae.[1][2]
Genera
These seven genera belong to the family Scyphacidae:
- Actaecia Dana, 1853
- Haloniscus Chilton, 1920
- Marioniscus Barnard, 1932
- Quelpartoniscus Kwon, 1995
- Scyphacella Smith, 1873
- Scyphax Dana, 1853
- Scyphoniscus Chilton, 1901
Taxonomy
The genus Scyphoniscus was moved by Schmidt (2002) from Scyphacidae to Detonidae, and this combination was reflected in a catalogue by Schmalfuss (2003). However, in a more recent paper (Schmidt & Leistikow 2004: Catalogue of genera of the terrestrial Isopoda. - Steentstrupia 28: 1-118) the genus was included again in Scyphacidae.
References
Further reading
- Stebbing, Thomas Roscoe Rede (1893). A History of Crustacea: Recent Malacostraca. D. Appleton. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/11269#/summary.
Wikidata ☰ Q10664815 entry
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