PHILOSCIIDAE Kinahan, 1857
(a family of woodlice)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Anchiphiloscia pilosa
a woodlouse
(Click to open)
 		Species 8 images 1 ident. refs
Chaetophiloscia balssi
(A Hothouse Woodlouse)
Species 1 ident. refs
Philoscia muscorum
Common Striped Woodlouse
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 		Species 10 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyPHILOSCIIDAE (a family of woodlice)
SuborderONISCIDEA (woodlice)
OrderISOPODA (woodlice, waterlice and sea slaters)
SuperorderPERACARIDA (amphipods, woodlice, cumaceans etc.)
SubclassEUMALACOSTRACA (a subclass of crustaceans)
ClassMALACOSTRACA (crabs, lobsters, shrimps, prawns, woodlice etc.)
SubphylumCRUSTACEA (crustaceans)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

PHILOSCIIDAE (a family of woodlice) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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