Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

2018 BugGuide Gathering in Virginia July 27-29: Registration and Discussion

Photos of insects and people from the 2015 gathering in Wisconsin, July 10-12

Photos of insects and people from the 2014 gathering in Virginia, June 4-7.

Photos of insects and people from the 2013 gathering in Arizona, July 25-28

Photos of insects and people from the 2012 gathering in Alabama

Photos of insects and people from the 2011 gathering in Iowa

Photos from the 2010 Workshop in Grinnell, Iowa

Photos from the 2009 gathering in Washington
TaxonomyBrowse
Info
ImagesLinksBooksData
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 · Internet References · Works Cited
Woodlouse - Trachelipus rathkii Woodlouse - Philoscia muscorum Infected pillbug - Armadillidium vulgare Sowbug - Trachelipus rathkii Philiscra muscorum? - Philoscia muscorum Wood Louse? - Porcellio spinicornis Isopod - Porcellionides Armadillidium vulgare
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

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2018 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact