Porcellio obsoletus Budde-Lund, 1885 is a animal in the Porcellionidae family, order Isopoda, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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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.

Genus
Porcellio
Order
Isopoda
Class
Malacostraca

About Porcellio obsoletus Budde-Lund, 1885

Porcellio obsoletus Budde-Lund, 1885 is a species of woodlouse. It is classified in the genus Porcellio, which belongs to the family Porcellionidae. This species occurs on multiple islands including Crete, the Cyclades, Cyprus, the Dodecanese, Malta, the North Aegean islands, and Sicily. It can also be found in several European countries: Albania, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Ukraine, and the European portion of Turkey.

Photo: (c) Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas · cc-by

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Malacostraca Isopoda Porcellionidae Porcellio

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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