Isopoda8 species

Family Porcellionidae

Porcellionidae is a family in the order Isopoda. Browse 8 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.

Species in Porcellionidae (8)

Swift Woodlouse

Porcellio laevis

Identification: The smoothly glossy, dark and essentially unpatterned dorsal surface of P. laevis , the sharply triangular telson and long uropods are distinctive among the introduced European Porcellio spp. -- J. Wright's comment source:

Common Rough Woodlouse

Porcellio scaber

Identification: The rough surface and the the dark color distinguish it from Oniscus asellus , as does the apiculate middle lobe on the head. [from comment by Ferenc Vilisics] Densely covered with tubercles. Usually dark grey, sometimes quite red or

Brickwork Woodlouse

Porcellio spinicornis

Identification: "Broad, flattened species. The markings are characteristic: the head is dark brown and the back is marked with a dark central stripe, flanked by 2 rows of yellow spots on a pale background. The first two pairs of pleopods possess pleo

Porcellionides floria

Identification: P. floria was separated from the European P. pruinosus by Garthwaite and Sassaman (1985), but morphologically the two species are very similar. Both are widespread, synanthropic species in the USA; all the specimens examined from S. C

Plum Woodlouse

Porcellionides pruinosus

Identification: External diagnostic features (Ferenc Vilisics's comments ): More here

Giant Canyon Woodlouse

Porcellio dilatatus