Seaslaters and Rockslaters

Ligiidae

Classification

Pronunciation

How to pronounce Ligiidae: /lɪˈdʒaɪaɪdiː/

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Images

Common Sea Slater (Ligia oceanica) - Kristiansand, Norway 2021-08-12 by Ryan Hodnett. Used under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
Brimleyana (1982) (19794395893) by North Carolina State Museum of Natural History. Used under a Public domain license.
Ligidium elrodii (10.3897-zookeys.801.24146) Figure 5 (cropped) by Shultz JW (2018) A guide to the identification of the terrestrial Isopoda of Maryland, U.S.A. (Crustacea). In: Hornung E, Taiti S, Szlavecz K (Eds) Isopods in a Changing World. ZooKeys 801: 207-228. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.801.24146. Used under a CC BY 4.0 license.
Isopoda of Maryland (10.3897-zookeys.801.24146) Figure 5 by Shultz JW (2018) A guide to the identification of the terrestrial Isopoda of Maryland, U.S.A. (Crustacea). In: Hornung E, Taiti S, Szlavecz K (Eds) Isopods in a Changing World. ZooKeys 801: 207-228. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.801.24146. Used under a CC BY 4.0 license.
Brimleyana (1982) (19794395893) by North Carolina State Museum of Natural History. Used under a Public domain license.
Ligia pallasii by D. Sikes. Used under a CC BY-SA 2.0 license.

Summary

Ligiidae is a family of woodlice, the only family in the infraorder Diplocheta, consisting of several genera including Caucasoligidium, Eoligiiscus, Ligia, Ligidioides, Ligidium, Tauroligidium, and Typhloligidium.

Habitat

Common on rocky shores, inhabiting habitats similar to species of the bristletail Petrobius and the crab Cyclograpsus.

Similar Taxa

Tags

  • Ligiidae
  • Seaslaters
  • Rockslaters
  • Woodlice
  • Diplocheta