Porcellionidae

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Animalia Arthropoda Malacostraca Isopoda Porcellionidae
Porcellio scaber Latreille, 1804

Porcellio scaber Latreille, 1804

Porcellio scaber Latreille, 1804

Porcellio scaber is a widespread woodlouse species with specific physical traits, humid habitat preferences, and a two-year maximum lifespan.

Porcellio spinicornis Say, 1818

Porcellio spinicornis Say, 1818

Porcellio spinicornis Say, 1818

Porcellio spinicornis is a common introduced detritivorous woodlouse species, native to Europe and found also in North America.

Porcellio laevis Latreille, 1804

Porcellio laevis Latreille, 1804

Porcellio laevis Latreille, 1804

Porcellio laevis, the swift woodlouse, is a large, fast, widely kept pet woodlouse with a cosmopolitan distribution.

Porcellio dilatatus Brandt, 1831

Porcellio dilatatus Brandt, 1831

Porcellio dilatatus Brandt, 1831

Porcellio dilatatus, the Giant canyon isopod, is a widespread European woodlouse introduced to North America that feeds on decaying plant matter.

Porcellio monticola Lereboullet, 1853

Porcellio monticola Lereboullet, 1853

Porcellio monticola Lereboullet, 1853

Porcellio monticola is a Porcellionidae woodlouse species found in multiple European countries.

Porcellio obsoletus Budde-Lund, 1885

Porcellio obsoletus Budde-Lund, 1885

Porcellio obsoletus Budde-Lund, 1885

Porcellio obsoletus is a woodlouse species from the Porcellionidae family found in Southern Europe and nearby European islands.

Porcellio hoffmannseggii Brandt, 1833

Porcellio hoffmannseggii Brandt, 1833

Porcellio hoffmannseggii Brandt, 1833

Porcellio hoffmannseggii is a large territorial terrestrial isopod native to the western Mediterranean's Iberian Peninsula and northern Morocco.

Porcellio violaceus Budde-Lund, 1885

Porcellio violaceus Budde-Lund, 1885

Porcellio violaceus Budde-Lund, 1885

Porcellio violaceus is a woodlouse species in Porcellio, Porcellionidae, native to France and Spain.

Porcellio gallicus Dollfus, 1904

Porcellio gallicus Dollfus, 1904

Porcellio gallicus Dollfus, 1904

Porcellio gallicus is a Porcellio woodlouse species from the Porcellionidae family found in France, Italy, Spain, and Switzerland.

Porcellio montanus Budde-Lund, 1885

Porcellio montanus Budde-Lund, 1885

Porcellio montanus Budde-Lund, 1885

Porcellio montanus is a woodlouse species found across four European countries, with one recorded subspecies.

Porcellio spinipennis Budde-Lund, 1885

Porcellio spinipennis Budde-Lund, 1885

Porcellio spinipennis Budde-Lund, 1885

Porcellio spinipennis is a woodlouse species found in several European countries.

Porcellionides virgatus (Budde-Lund, 1885)

Porcellionides virgatus (Budde-Lund, 1885)

Porcellionides virgatus (Budde-Lund, 1885)

Porcellionides virgatus is a Porcellionidae woodlouse species found in North America and Mexico.

Porcellionides myrmecophilus (Stein, 1859)

Porcellionides myrmecophilus (Stein, 1859)

Porcellionides myrmecophilus (Stein, 1859)

Porcellionides myrmecophilus (Stein, 1859) is a woodlouse found across Greek and Italian islands and mainlands.

Porcellionides pruinosus (Brandt, 1833)

Porcellionides pruinosus (Brandt, 1833)

Porcellionides pruinosus (Brandt, 1833)

Porcellionides pruinosus is a cosmopolitan European detritivorous woodlouse that carries Wolbachia endosymbionts.

Porcellionides floria Garthwaite & Sassaman, 1985

Porcellionides floria Garthwaite & Sassaman, 1985

Porcellionides floria Garthwaite & Sassaman, 1985

Porcellionides floria is a woodlouse species from the Porcellionidae family found in North America and Mexico.

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