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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 » Common Rough Woodlouse (Porcellio scaber)

Species Porcellio scaber - Common Rough Woodlouse

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Internet References
woodlouse - Porcellio scaber woodlouse - Porcellio scaber Isopod - Porcellio scaber Woodlouse - Porcellio scaber Isopoda - Porcellio scaber Wood Louse - Porcellio scaber Woodlouse - Porcellio scaber orange morph Oniscus asellus? - Porcellio scaber
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Crustacea (Crustaceans)
Class Malacostraca (Malacostracans)
Superorder Peracarida (Marsupial Crustaceans)
Order Isopoda (Isopods)
No Taxon (Scutocoxifera)
Suborder Oniscidea (Woodlice)
Infraorder Holoverticata
No Taxon (Orthogonopoda)
No Taxon (Crinocheta)
Family Porcellionidae
Genus Porcellio
Species scaber (Common Rough Woodlouse)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Oniscus granulatus
Explanation of Names
Porcellio scaber Latreille, 1804
Identification
The rough surface and the the dark color distinguish it from Oniscus asellus, as does the apiculate middle lobe on the head. [from comment by Ferenc Vilisics]
Densely covered with tubercles. Usually dark grey, sometimes quite red or variegated with yellow. Albinos have been reported.
Range
Originally from Europe Global Invasive Species Database
Cosmopolitan according to Discover Life
Habitat
planted forests, urban areas
Food
detritus
Internet References
Discover Life
Global Invasive Species Database
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 2 June, 2006 - 9:27am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, ceiseman, KenW, Astrobirder
Last updated 15 September, 2022 - 3:23pm

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