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Porcellio scaber (Sow bug)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Porcellio scaber (otherwise known as the common rough woodlouse or simply rough woodlouse), is a species of European woodlouse. It is not to be confused with Armadillidium which are able to curl into a ball to defend themselves.
View Wikipedia Record: Porcellio scaber

Infraspecies

Porcellio scaber flavobrunneus
Porcellio scaber flavomaculata
Porcellio scaber lusitanus
Porcellio scaber marmorata
Porcellio scaber scaber

Invasive Species

View ISSG Record: Porcellio scaber

Protected Areas

Ecosystems

Predators

Anguilla australis (Shortfin eel)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Acuaria spiralis[2]
Plagiorhynchus cylindraceus[2]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0