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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Crustaceans (Crustacea) » Malacostracans (Malacostraca) » Marsupial Crustaceans (Peracarida) » Isopods (Isopoda) » Scutocoxifera » Woodlice (Oniscidea) » Holoverticata » Orthogonopoda » Crinocheta » Porcellionidae » Porcellio » Swift Woodlouse (Porcellio laevis)
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Giant Isopod - Porcellio laevis
Copyright © 2008 Kevin Lentz

Giant Isopod - Porcellio laevis
Aliso Viejo, Orange County, California, USA
January 19, 2008
Large isopods found under a rock while hiking and looking for Sc. polymorpha centipedes. Size reference is next to a quarter.

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Giant Isopod - Porcellio laevis Giant Isopod - Porcellio laevis
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Contributed by Kevin Lentz on 22 January, 2008 - 5:32pm
Last updated 15 November, 2010 - 8:23am

Moved
Moved from Isopods.
… john and jane balaban, 22 March, 2009 - 5:10pm login or register to post comments

P. laevis
Hi! This large isopod must be a Porcellio laevis!
It has a shiny surface and brown color. Noteworthy ID mark can be the shape of the 1st pleon (1st segment) of the body.
Ferenc
… Ferenc Vilisics, 9 April, 2008 - 4:36am login or register to post comments

 
Do these range into Southern
Do these range into Southern California now? I was under the impression they had not yet been introduced here.
… Kevin Lentz, 13 April, 2008 - 6:26pm login or register to post comments

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