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Porcellio pumicatus

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Species of woodlouse

Porcellio pumicatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Family: Porcellionidae
Genus: Porcellio
Species: P. pumicatus
Binomial name
Porcellio pumicatus
Budde-Lund, 1885
Synonyms 
  • Porcellio orarum verhoeffi Dahl, 1916
  • Porcellio strandi Strouhal, 1937
  • Porcellio verhoeffi Dahl, 1916

Porcellio pumicatus is a species of woodlouse in the genus Porcellio belonging to the family Porcellionidae. This species is known to occur in Central Italy and on Sardinia. Adults reach about 15 millimetres (0.59 in) long and can mostly be encountered under stones.

References

  1. ^ Helmut Schmalfuss (2003). "World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) – revised and updated version" (PDF). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A. 654: 341 pp.
  2. "Porcellio pumicatus Budde-Lund, 1885". Fauna Europaea. 2.6.2. August 29, 2013. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
Taxon identifiers
Porcellio pumicatus


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