Overview
Taxonomy
The Family Armadillidae is a member of the Superfamily Armadilloidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Armadillidae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum: Crustaceomorpha
(Chernyshev, 1960)
- Superclass: Crustacea
(krus-TA-see-a)
Pennant, 1777
- Class: Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
- Subclass: Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
- Superorder: Peracarida
Calman, 1904
- Order: Isopoda
Latreille, 1817 - a genus of Woodlouse Flies (Rhinophoridae)
- Suborder: Oniscidea
Latreille, 1802
- Infraorder: Ligiamorpha
Vandel, 1943
- Superfamily: Armadilloidea
Brandt, 1831
- Family: Armadillidae Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1831
- Superfamily: Armadilloidea
Brandt, 1831
- Infraorder: Ligiamorpha
Vandel, 1943
- Suborder: Oniscidea
Latreille, 1802
- Order: Isopoda
Latreille, 1817 - a genus of Woodlouse Flies (Rhinophoridae)
- Superorder: Peracarida
Calman, 1904
- Subclass: Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
- Class: Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
- Superclass: Crustacea
(krus-TA-see-a)
Pennant, 1777
- Infraphylum: Crustaceomorpha
(Chernyshev, 1960)
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Family Armadillidae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Subfamily (1): Macropodusinae
- Genus (79): Acanthodillo · Acanthoniscus · Aethiopodillo · Akermania · Anchicubaris · Annobodillo · Anthrodillo · Armadillo · Aulacodillo · Australiodillo · Barnardillo · Barrowdillo · Bethalus · Buddelundia · Caledonillo · Calmanesia · Chelomadillo · Coronadillo · Cosmeodillo · Cristarmadillo · Ctenorillo · Cubaris · Cubaroides · Cuckoldillo · Diploexochus · Dryadillo · Echinodillo · Emydodillo · Ethelumoris · Feadillo · Filippinodillo · Formosillo · Gabunillo · Globarmadillo · Glomerulus · Hawaiodillo · Hybodillo · Kimberleydillo · Laureola · Leucodillo · Lobodillo · Merulana · Merulanella · Mesodillo · Myrmecodillo · Nataldillo · Neodillo · Nesodillo · Ochetodillo · Orodillo · Orthodillo · Pachydillo · Papuadillo · Parakermania · Paraxenodillo · Pericephalus · Polyacanthus · Pseudodiploexochus · Pseudolaureola · Pseudolobodillo · Pyrgoniscus · Reductoniscus · Rhodesillo · Schismadillo · Sinodillo · Sphaerillodillo · Sphaerilloides · Sphenodillo · Spherillo · Sumatrillo · Synarmadillo · Togarmadillo · Tongadillo · Triadillo · Tridentodillo · Troglarmadillo · Troglodillo · Tuberillo · Venezillo
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 769 species and subspecies in the Family Armadillidae.
Genera
Acanthodillo
Acanthoniscus
Aethiopodillo
Akermania
Anchicubaris
Annobodillo
Anthrodillo
Armadillo
Armadillos are New World placental mammals with a leathery armor shell. Dasypodidae is the only surviving family in the order Cingulata, part of the superorder Xenarthra along with the anteaters and sloths. The word armadillo in Spanish means "little armored one". The Aztec called them azotochtli, Nahuatl for ?turtle-rabbit.? [more]
Aulacodillo
Australiodillo
Barnardillo
Barrowdillo
Bethalus
Buddelundia
Caledonillo
Calmanesia
Chelomadillo
Coronadillo
Cosmeodillo
Cristarmadillo
Ctenorillo
Cubaris
Cubaroides
Cuckoldillo
Diploexochus
Dryadillo
Echinodillo
Echinodillo is a genus of woodlice in the family . It contains two species. [more]
Emydodillo
Ethelumoris
Feadillo
Filippinodillo
Formosillo
Gabunillo
Globarmadillo
Glomerulus
The network of capillaries within Bowman's capsule of the kidney tubule. The network filters water and nitrogenous wastes from the blood. [more]
Hawaiodillo
Hybodillo
Kimberleydillo
Laureola
Leucodillo
Lobodillo
Merulana
Merulanella
Mesodillo
Myrmecodillo
Nataldillo
Neodillo
Nesodillo
Ochetodillo
Orodillo
Orthodillo
Pachydillo
Papuadillo
Parakermania
Paraxenodillo
Pericephalus
Polyacanthus
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia. [more]
Pseudodiploexochus
Pseudolaureola
Pseudolobodillo
Pyrgoniscus
Reductoniscus
Rhodesillo
Schismadillo
Sinodillo
Sphaerillodillo
Sphaerilloides
Sphenodillo
Spherillo
Sumatrillo
Synarmadillo
Togarmadillo
Tongadillo
Triadillo
Tridentodillo
Troglarmadillo
Troglodillo
Tuberillo
Venezillo
At least 110 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Venezillo.
More info about the Genus Venezillo may be found here.
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