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)

  • Porcellio scaber 9835
    Porcellio scaber Latreille, 1804  Kellerassel  Common Rough Woodlouse 
    Porcellio scaber
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2020-11-05 13:06:40
    Image number: 9835

    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2020-11-05 13:06:40

Further vernacular names:
Garden Woodlouse, (Scabby) Slater, Rough Sowbug
Distribution:
Europe; Africa; North America; South America; Hawaii; Easter Island; South Atlantic Ocean; Indian Ocean; Australia.

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. Bellmann, Heiko: Kosmos-Atlas Spinnentiere Europas, Franckh Kosmos Verlag-GmbH & Co., Stuttgart, 3. Auflage von 2006, ISBN 3-440-07025-5