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Isopods are an order
Order (biology)

In Biological classification used in biology, the order is a taxonomic rank between class and family . The superorder is a rank between class and order....
 of peracarid
Peracarida

The superorder Peracarida is a large group of crustaceans, having members in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial habitats. They are defined by the possession of a single pair of maxillipeds , of mandibles with an articulated accessory process between the molar and incisor teeth in the adults , of a carapace which is often reduced in size and...
 crustacean
Crustacean

Crustaceans are a large group of arthropods, comprising almost 52,000 described species , and are usually treated as a subphylum . They include various familiar animals, such as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles....
s, including familiar animals such as woodlice
Woodlouse

Woodlice are crustaceans with a rigid, segmented, long exoskeleton and fourteen jointed limbs. They form the suborder Oniscidea within the order Isopoda, with over 3,000 known species....
 and pill bugs. The name Isopoda derives from the Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
 iso meaning "same" and pod meaning "foot" . The fossil record of isopods dates back to the Pennsylvanian epoch
Pennsylvanian

The Pennsylvanian is an epoch in the geologic timescale or a series in the stratigraphic column. It is a subdivision of the Carboniferous period lasting from roughly   to  Ma ....
, at least 300 million years ago .








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Isopods are an order
Order (biology)

In Biological classification used in biology, the order is a taxonomic rank between class and family . The superorder is a rank between class and order....
 of peracarid
Peracarida

The superorder Peracarida is a large group of crustaceans, having members in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial habitats. They are defined by the possession of a single pair of maxillipeds , of mandibles with an articulated accessory process between the molar and incisor teeth in the adults , of a carapace which is often reduced in size and...
 crustacean
Crustacean

Crustaceans are a large group of arthropods, comprising almost 52,000 described species , and are usually treated as a subphylum . They include various familiar animals, such as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles....
s, including familiar animals such as woodlice
Woodlouse

Woodlice are crustaceans with a rigid, segmented, long exoskeleton and fourteen jointed limbs. They form the suborder Oniscidea within the order Isopoda, with over 3,000 known species....
 and pill bugs. The name Isopoda derives from the Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
 iso meaning "same" and pod meaning "foot" . The fossil record of isopods dates back to the Pennsylvanian epoch
Pennsylvanian

The Pennsylvanian is an epoch in the geologic timescale or a series in the stratigraphic column. It is a subdivision of the Carboniferous period lasting from roughly   to  Ma ....
, at least 300 million years ago .

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