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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Crustaceans (Crustacea) » Malacostracans (Malacostraca) » Peracarida (Amphipods and Isopods) (Peracarida) » Isopods (Isopoda)

Order Isopoda - Isopods

Classification · Other Common Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Wood Louse 1316 - Armadillidium Idotea pill - Armadilloniscus Painted Woodlouse - Porcellio spinicornis Ligia exotica? - Ligia Woodlouse - Porcellio scaber SBBG-SCL-TIC_000223 - Armadillidium vulgare Ligia
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Crustacea (Crustaceans)
Class Malacostraca (Malacostracans)
Superorder Peracarida (Peracarida (Amphipods and Isopods))
Order Isopoda (Isopods)
Other Common Names
cressbug, pillbug, sowbug, woodlouse, rock slater, roly-poly
Numbers
>10,200 spp. worldwide(1)
Size
2 to >300 mm (Bathynomus, a deep sea genus)
Identification
key to OH spp. in(2)
Range
Worldwide, from the deep sea to terrestrial habitats.
Remarks
Pillbugs and sowbugs, being crustaceans, breathe by means of gills. This is why they need moisture, but they will drown if submerged
Print References
Richardson, H. 1905. A monograph on the isopods of North America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 54: i–liii, 1-727, 740 figs.(3)
Internet References
Coastal Isopods of California (Brusca et al. 2001)
Taxon profile (Brusca 1997)
Kentucky Sowbugs
Works Cited
1.Boyko et al. (Eds) (2008-) World marine, freshwater and terrestrial isopod crustaceans database
2.Key to the Isopoda of Ohio revised by G.S. Rife
3.A monograph on the isopods of North America.
Richardson, H. 1905. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 54: i–liii, 1-727, 740 figs.
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:31pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Lynette Elliott, Mike Quinn, v belov, biosam, Blocky
Last updated 23 May, 2021 - 9:14am

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