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Holoverticata (Woodlice and pillbugs)

Alloniscus perconvexus. Photo: (c) Alex Bairstow, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

A woodlouse (plural woodlice) is a terrestrial isopod crustacean with a rigid, segmented, long exoskeleton and fourteen jointed limbs. Woodlice mostly feed on dead plant material, and they are usually active at night. Woodlice form the suborder Oniscidea within the order Isopoda, with over 5,000 known species.

— Wikipedia

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Crustacea (Crustaceans)
      - Superclass: Multicrustacea (Typical crustaceans)
        Class: Malacostraca (Malacostracans)
        Subclass: Eumalacostraca (Decapods, isopods, and allies)
        Superorder: Peracarida (Amphipods, isopods, and allies)
        Order: Isopoda (Isopods)
        Suborder: Oniscidea (Woodlice, pillbugs, and rock slaters)
        Infraorder: Holoverticata (Woodlice and pillbugs)
        Zoosection: Crinocheta (3)

Subtaxa

Zoosection: Crinocheta

Infraorder

Holoverticata (Woodlice and pillbugs)

Subtaxa

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