Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Crustacea (Crustaceans) ➔ Class Malacostraca (Malacostracans) ➔ Order Isopoda (Pillbugs, sowbugs, woodlice) ➔ Family Porcellionidae

Porcellionides pruinosus (Brandt, 1833)

Plum Woodlouse

Synonyms and other combinations:

Metoponorthus anatolicus Verhoeff, 1941 | Metoponorthus meleagris Budde-Lund, 1885 | Metoponorthus nigrobrunneus Budde-Lund, 1896 | Metoponorthus pruinosus (Brandt, 1833) | Metoponorthus schwencki Moreira, 1927 | Metoponorthus swammerdamii (Audouin, 1826) | Porcellio flavovittatus Miers, 1877 | Porcellio frontalis Milne Edwards, 1840 | Porcellio jelskii Miers, 1877 | Porcellio maculicornis C. Koch, 1841 | Porcellio pruinosus Brandt, 1833 | Porcellio punctatus Brandt, 1833 | Porcellio uniformis C. Koch, 1841 | Porcellio zealandicus Miers, 1876 | Porcellionides anatolicus (Verhoeff, 1941) | Porcellionides bagnalli Collinge, 1942 | Porcellionides breviramus Shen, 1949 | Porcellionides meleagris (Budde-Lund, 1885) | Porcellionides schwencki (Moreira, 1927) | Porcellionides swammerdamii (Audouin, 1826) |

  • Porcellionides cf. pruinosus 4256
    Porcellionides pruinosus (Brandt, 1833)    Plum Woodlouse 
    Porcellionides cf. pruinosus, det. Jonathan Neumann
    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma; 2008-02-20 09:16:33
    Image number: 4256

    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
    2008-02-20 09:16:33
    det. Jonathan Neumann
  • Porcellionides pruinosus 5953
    Porcellionides pruinosus (Brandt, 1833)    Plum Woodlouse 
    Porcellionides pruinosus, conf. Jonathan Neumann
    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma; 2013-04-12 10:02:36
    Image number: 5953

    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
    2013-04-12 10:02:36
    conf. Jonathan Neumann

Distribution:
Africa; Australia; Easter Island; Indian Ocean; Laccadive Sea; Mediterranean Sea Area; New Zealand; North America; North Atlantic Ocean; North Sea; Pacific Ocean; South America; Europe; Canary Islands.

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.
  2. de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2013) Fauna Europaea version 2.6.2 Web Service available online at https://fauna-eu.org/