- Porcellio laevis
Taxobox | name = "Porcellio laevis"
image_width = 240px
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
subphylum = Crustacea
classis =Malacostraca
ordo =Isopoda
subordo = Oniscidea
familia =Porcellionidae
genus = "Porcellio "
species = "P. laevis"
binomial = "Porcellio laevis"
binomial_authority = Latreille, 1804"Porcellio laevis" (commonly called the smooth slater in
Australia ) is aspecies ofwoodlouse in the genus "Porcellio ". It has acosmopolitan distribution [cite journal |quotes=no |doi=10.1007/BF00689913 |journal=Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology |author=Michael C. Quinlan & Neil F. Hadley |title=Water relations of the terrestrial isopods "Porcellio laevis" and "Porcellionides pruinosus" (Crustacea, Oniscoidea) |volume=151 |issue=2 |pages=155–161 |year=1983] , and has been introduced toAustralia , includingNorfolk Island andLord Howe Island [cite web |url=http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/name_s/b_3371.htm |title="Porcellio laevis" Latreille |publisher=Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |date=2004-11-11 ] .References
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