Biology:Scyphacidae

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Short description: Family of woodlice

Scyphacidae
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Scyphax ornatus, New Zealand
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Infraorder: Holoverticata
Family: Scyphacidae
Synonyms

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

Wikidata ☰ Q10664815 entry