Porcellio spinicornis

Porcellio spinicornis is a species of woodlouse in the family Porcellionidae. This species is widespread in Europe,[1] and has also been introduced to North America.[2] It has wide spiny frontal lateral lobes.[3]

Porcellio spinicornis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Family: Porcellionidae
Genus: Porcellio
Species:
P. spinicornis
Binomial name
Porcellio spinicornis
Say, 1818

References

  1. "Porcellio pumicatus Say, 1818". Fauna Europaea. 2.6.2. August 29, 2013. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
  2. Patsy A. McLaughlin; David K. Camp; Martin V. Angel; et al. (2005). "Nonindigenous crustaceans established in North America and Hawaii". Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Crustaceans (PDF). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. ISBN 1-888569-64-6.
  3. Richardson, Harriet (1900). "Synopses of North-American Invertebrates. VIII. The Isopoda. Part II. Asellota, Oniscoidea, Epicaridea" (PDF). American Naturalist. 34 (400): 295–309. doi:10.1086/277619. JSTOR 277619.


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