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Ligia  Fabricius, 1798
Taxonomic Serial No.: 93226

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: unknown   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumCrustacea Brünnich, 1772 – crustacés, crustáceo, crustaceans  
                   SuperclassAltocrustacea   
                      ClassMalacostraca Latreille, 1802  
                         SubclassEumalacostraca Grobben, 1892  
                            SuperorderPeracarida Calman, 1904 – barata da praia, pulga da praia, tatuzinho de jardim  
                               OrderIsopoda Latreille, 1817 – isopods, pillbugs, sowbugs, cloportes, isopodes  
                                  SuborderOniscidea Latreille, 1802  
                                     InfraorderLigiamorpha Vandel, 1943  
                                        FamilyLigiidae Leach, 1814  
                                           GenusLigia Fabricius, 1798  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Species Ligia australiensis Dana, 1853  
                                              Species Ligia baudiniana H. Milne Edwards, 1840  
                                              Species Ligia boninensis Nunomura, 1979  
                                              Species Ligia cajennensis Koch, 1847  
                                              Species Ligia cinerascens Budde-Lund, 1885  
                                              Species Ligia cursor Dana, 1853  
                                              Species Ligia curvata Vandel, 1948  
                                              Species Ligia dentipes Budde-Lund, 1885  
                                              Species Ligia dilatata Brandt, 1833  
                                              Species Ligia exotica Roux, 1828 – wharf roach 
                                              Species Ligia ferrarai Kersmaekers & Verstraeten, 1990  
                                              Species Ligia glabrata Brandt, 1833  
                                              Species Ligia gracilipes Budde-Lund, 1885  
                                              Species Ligia hachijoensis Nunomura, 1999  
                                              Species Ligia hawaiensis Dana, 1853  
                                              Species Ligia italica Fabricius, 1798  
                                              Species Ligia latissima Verhoeff, 1926  
                                              Species Ligia litigiosa Wahrberg, 1922  
                                              Species Ligia malleata Pfeffer, 1889  
                                              Species Ligia miyakensis Nunomura, 1999  
                                              Species Ligia natalensis Collinge, 1920  
                                              Species Ligia novaezealandiae Dana, 1853  
                                              Species Ligia occidentalis Dana, 1853  
                                              Species Ligia oceanica (Linnaeus, 1767) – sea slater 
                                              Species Ligia pallasii Brandt, 1833  
                                              Species Ligia pallida Jackson, 1938  
                                              Species Ligia perkinsi (Dollfus, 1900)  
                                              Species Ligia philoscoides Jackson, 1938  
                                              Species Ligia pigmentata Jackson, 1922  
                                              Species Ligia platycephala (Van Name, 1925)  
                                              Species Ligia quadrata Thomson, 1879  
                                              Species Ligia rugosa Jackson, 1938  
                                              Species Ligia simoni (Dollfus, 1896)  
                                              Species Ligia vitiensis Dana, 1853  
                                              Species Ligia yamanishii Nunomura, 1990  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Brian Kensley & Marilyn Schotte  
  Notes: National Museum of Natural History   
  Reference for: Ligia    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Ligia   
       
  Source: World List of Marine, Freshwater & Terrestrial Isopoda... 2005, website (version 04-May-05)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: Compiled by Brian Kensley, Marilyn Schotte, and Steve Schilling (Oniscidea only), Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Found at http://www.nmnh.si.edu/iz/isopod/   
  Reference for: Ligia   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Leistikow, Andreas and Johann Wolfgang Wägele  
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of the terrestrial isopods of the new world (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Revista Brasileira Zoologie, vol. 16, no. 1   
  Page(s): 1-72   
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