Metatrichoniscoides
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Metatrichoniscoides is a genus of crustacean
Crustacean
Crustaceans form a very large group of arthropods, usually treated as a subphylum, which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles. The 50,000 described species range in size from Stygotantulus stocki at , to the Japanese spider crab with a leg span...

 in family Trichoniscidae
Trichoniscidae
Trichoniscidae are a family of isopods , including the most abundant British woodlouse, Trichoniscus pusillus.Most species of woodlice that have returned to an aquatic or amphibian way of life belong to this family...

, with four described species:
  • Metatrichoniscoides celticus
    Metatrichoniscoides celticus
    Metatrichoniscoides celticus is a species of woodlouse in the family Trichoniscidae. It is found only on maritime cliffs in Glamorgan from Ogmore-by-Sea to St. Donat's, and is considered vulnerable due to the small population size....

    Oliver & Trew, 1981
  • Metatrichoniscoides fouresi Vandel, 1950
  • Metatrichoniscoides leydigi (Weber, 1880)
  • Metatrichoniscoides nemausiensis Vandel, 1943
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