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Porcellio scaber 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Isopoda Suborder: Oniscidea Family: Porcellionidae Genus: Porcellio Species: P. scaber Binomial name Porcellio scaber
Latreille, 1804[1]Porcellio scaber (otherwise known as the common rough woodlouse or simply rough woodlouse), is a species of European woodlouse.
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Distribution
Porcellio scaber is found across Central and Western Europe.[2] In the United Kingdom, it is one of the "big five" species of woodlouse, where it is probably the most common of all woodlouse species. It has also colonised North America, South Africa and other areas, largely through human activity.[3] It is also the most common species of woodlice found in Australian gardens.[4]
Description
P. scaber can grow up to 20 millimetres (0.8 in) long, and is usually a grey colour, paler underneath, although brown, yellow or orange hues may also be observed. It lives in a wide variety of habitats which contain reasonable levels of humidity, but it is less dependent on water than Oniscus asellus.[5]
See also
- List of woodlice of the British Isles
References
- ^ "Porcellio scaber". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=93269.
- ^ "Porcellio scaber". Fauna Europaea. http://www.faunaeur.org/Maps/display_map.php?map_name=euro&map_language=en&taxon1=218600. Retrieved January 19, 2009.
- ^ Slabber, S. & S.L. Chown (2002). "The first record of a terrestrial crustacean, Porcellio scaber (Isopoda, Porcellionidae), from sub-Antarctic Marion Island". Polar Biology 25: 855–858. doi:10.1007/s00300-002-0420-9.
- ^ "Crustaceans at the bottom of the garden!". Museum of Victoria. http://museumvictoria.com.au/discoverycentre/infosheets/-crustaceans-at-the-bottom-of-the-garden/. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
- ^ "Porcellio scaber - a woodlouse". Natural England. http://www.plantpress.com/wildlife/o160-porcellioscaber.php. Retrieved January 19, 2009.
Categories:- Porcellionidae
- Animals described in 1804
- Woodlice of Europe
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