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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.
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.
Dysdera are one of the few known arthropods to hunt and prey on woodlice, one of their main food sources. These spiders have wide jaws and large fangs to help to overcome the solid armor-like shells of woodlice. It makes them powerful predators for their size, allowing them to dominate or kill competitors, such as centipedes or other spiders.
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 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)
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Ligia australiensis, the Australian marine slater, is a woodlouse in the family Ligiidae. [1] Range