Ligiidae

"Diplocheta" redirects here. For the superorder of millipedes in class Diplopoda, see Juliformia.

Ligiidae
Ligia oceanica
Ligidium japonicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Infraorder: Ligiamorpha
Section: Diplocheta
Vandel, 1957 
Family: Ligiidae
Leach, 1814 

Ligiidae is a family of woodlice, the only family in the infraorder Diplocheta. The members of this family are common on rocky shores, in similar habitats to those inhabited by species of the bristletail Petrobius and the crab Cyclograpsus.

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