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 |

  • Porcellio laevis, female  4248
    Porcellio laevis Latreille, 1804  Flinke Kellerassel  Swift Woodlouse 
    Porcellio laevis, female, det. Jonathan Neumann
    ES, Mallorca; 2009-09-18 12:47:13
    Image number: 4248
    female
    ES, Mallorca
    2009-09-18 12:47:13
    det. Jonathan Neumann
  • Porcellio laevis  4477
    Porcellio laevis Latreille, 1804  Flinke Kellerassel  Swift Woodlouse 
    Porcellio laevis, det. Jonathan Neumann
    ES, Fuerteventura, Jandia; 2011-03-23 11:11:52
    Image number: 4477

    ES, Fuerteventura, Jandia
    2011-03-23 11:11:52
    det. Jonathan Neumann

Further vernacular names:
Smooth Slater
Distribution:
Europe; Asia; Canary Islands; North Africa; Republic of South Africa; North America; South Atlantic Ocean; Easter Island.

References, further reading, links:
  1. 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.