Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Crustacea (Crustaceans) ➔ Class Malacostraca (Malacostracans) ➔ Order Isopoda (Pillbugs, sowbugs, woodlice) ➔ Family Porcellionidae
Porcellio laevis Latreille, 1804
Flinke Kellerassel Swift Woodlouse
Synonyms and other combinations:
Porcellio aztecus Saussure, 1857 | Porcellio bombosus Shen, 1949 | Porcellio calmani Omer-Cooper, 1923 | Porcellio chevalieri Paulian de Félice, 1938 | Porcellio cinerascens Brandt, 1833 | Porcellio cotillae Saussure, 1857 | Porcellio cubensis Saussure, 1857 | Porcellio degeeri Audouin, 1826 | Porcellio dubius Brandt, 1833 | Porcellio eucercus Brandt, 1833 | Porcellio flavipes C. Koch, 1847 | Porcellio mexicanus Saussure, 1857 | Porcellio obtusifrons Haswell, 1882 | Porcellio ovatus Zaddach, 1844 | Porcellio parvicornis Richardson, 1902 | Porcellio poeyi Guérin-Méneville, 1837 | Porcellio ragusae Dollfus, 1896 | Porcellio sumichrasti Saussure, 1857 | Porcellio troschelii Schnitzler, 1853 | Porcellio urbicus C. Koch, 1844 |
Further vernacular names:
Smooth SlaterDistribution:
Europe; Asia; Canary Islands; North Africa; Republic of South Africa; North America; South Atlantic Ocean; Easter Island.References, further reading, links:
- Boyko C.B, Bruce N.L., Merrin K. L., Ota Y., Poore G.C.B., Taiti S., Schotte M. & Wilson G.D.F. (Eds) (2008 onwards). (2018). WoRMS Isopoda: World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database (version 2017-03-01). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2017 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2017. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.