Rhyscotidae

Rhyscotidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Isopoda
Suborder:	Oniscidea
Family:	Rhyscotidae; Budde-Lund, 1908
Genera
	Rhyscotoides; Rhyscotus;

Rhyscotidae is a family of terrestrial isopod crustaceans containing two genera.

Description

Members of Rhyscotidae have multiple unique traits, including hermaphroditism, an inflated frons, modified mouthparts, and a fixed number of long stick-like marsupial larvae.

References

↑ Rhyscotidae Budde-Lund, 1904. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 January 2019.
↑ Schmalfuss, H. 2003. World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A Nr. 654: 341 pp.
↑ Schmidt, C. (2008). "Phylogeny of the Terrestrial Isopoda (Oniscidea): a Review". Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 66 (2): 191–226. ISSN 1864-8312.

External links

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[WoRMS-1] Rhyscotidae Budde-Lund, 1904. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 January 2019.

[Schmalfuss-2] Schmalfuss, H. 2003. World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A Nr. 654: 341 pp.

[Schmidt-3] Schmidt, C. (2008). "Phylogeny of the Terrestrial Isopoda (Oniscidea): a Review". Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 66 (2): 191–226. ISSN 1864-8312.