Order Isopoda - Isopods

Classification · Other Common Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

Armadillidium vulgare ? - Armadillidium vulgare

rear venter, water sowbug - Caecidotea - male

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

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

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:31pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Lynette Elliott, v belov, biosam, Blocky
Last updated 17 March, 2017 - 1:58pm

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