Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Crustacea (Crustaceans) ➔ Class Malacostraca (Malacostracans) ➔ Order Isopoda (Pillbugs, sowbugs, woodlice) ➔ Family Porcellionidae
Porcellio scaber Latreille, 1804
Kellerassel Common Rough Woodlouse
Synonyms and other combinations:
Oniscus granulatus Lamarck, 1818 | Philoscia tuberculata Stimpson, 1856 | Porcellio asper C. Koch, 1847 | Porcellio brandtii Milne Edwards, 1840 | Porcellio cayennensis Miers, 1877 | Porcellio dubius C. Koch, 1841 | Porcellio gemmulatus Dana, 1853 | Porcellio graniger Miers, 1876 | Porcellio graniger White, 1847 | Porcellio granulatus Brébisson, 1825 | Porcellio granulatus Milne Edwards, 1840 | Porcellio marginalis Mulaik, 1960 ? | Porcellio montesumae Saussure, 1857 | Porcellio niger Say, 1818 | Porcellio nodieri Dollfus, 1898 | Porcellio paulensis Heller, 1865 | Porcellio sociabilis L. Koch, 1901 | Porcellio toyamaensis Nunomura, 1980 | Porcellio tristis Zaddach, 1844 |
(?: ambiguous synonym)
Further vernacular names:
Garden Woodlouse, (Scabby) Slater, Rough SowbugDistribution:
Europe; Africa; North America; South America; Hawaii; Easter Island; South Atlantic Ocean; Indian Ocean; Australia.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.
- Bellmann, Heiko: Kosmos-Atlas Spinnentiere Europas, Franckh Kosmos Verlag-GmbH & Co., Stuttgart, 3. Auflage von 2006, ISBN 3-440-07025-5