Tags: Crustacean.

Platyarthridae is a family of woodlice containing the following genera:Cephaloniscus Ferrara & Taiti 1989Echinochaetus Ferrara & Schmalfuss 1983Gerufa Budde-Lund 1909Lanceochaetus Schmalfuss & Ferrara 1978Manibia Barnard 1932Niambia Budde-Lund 1904Papuasoniscus Vandel 1973Platyarthrus Brandt 1833Trichorhina Budde-Lund 1908They are mostly less than 6 millimetres (0.24 in) long and cannot roll into a ball (conglobate).

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class
Malacostraca
kingdom
Animal
order
Isopoda, Woodlouse
phylum
Arthropod, Crustacean

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