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Dysderidae, also known as woodlouse hunters, sowbug-eating spiders, and cell spiders, is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1837. [ 1 ] [ page needed ] They are found primarily in Eurasia , extending into North Africa with very few species occurring in South America.
Woodlice evolved from marine isopods which are presumed to have colonised land in the Carboniferous, though the oldest known fossils are from the Cretaceous period. [4] This makes them quite unique among the crustaceans , being one of the few lineages to have transitioned into a fully terrestrial environment.
Ligia exotica is both a grazer on microalgae and diatoms [3] and a scavenger on plant remains and detritus. [6] In the eastern United States, where it is considered to be invasive, it seems to be the dominant invertebrate in its habitat.
Ligia oceanica, Fort-la-Latte, Plévenon, Bretagne, France. The mitochondrial genome of L. oceanica was sequenced in 2006. It is a circular, double-stranded DNA molecule, with a size of 15,289 base pairs.
Trachelipodidae is a family of woodlice, containing the following genera: [1] Levantoniscus Cardoso, Taiti & Sfenthourakis, 2015 (3 species) Nagurus Holthuis, 1949 (40 species)
Isopoda is an order of crustaceans.Members of this group are called isopods and include both aquatic species, and terrestrial species such as woodlice.All have rigid, segmented exoskeletons, two pairs of antennae, seven pairs of jointed limbs on the thorax, and five pairs of branching appendages on the abdomen that are used in respiration.
Armadillidiidae is a family of woodlice, a terrestrial crustacean group in the order Isopoda.Unlike members of some other woodlice families, members of this family can roll into a ball, an ability they share with the outwardly similar but unrelated pill millipedes and other animals.
Ligia australiensis, the Australian marine slater, is a woodlouse in the family Ligiidae. [1] Range