Crinocheta

Crinocheta
Armadillidium vulgare
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Parvorder: Orthogonopoda
Section: Crinocheta
Legrand, 1946

Crinocheta is a clade of woodlice that includes the majority of described land-dwelling isopods (Oniscidea). Crinocheta is regarded as monophyletic and the sister group of the clade Synocheta. Some researchers refer to the group of the clades Crinocheta, Synocheta, and Microcheta as Orthogonopoda.

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