Oniscus asellus

Oniscus asellus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Family: Oniscidae
Genus: Oniscus
Species:
O. asellus
Binomial name
Oniscus asellus
Synonyms [1]
  • Oniscus affinis
  • Oniscus fossor
  • Oniscus lamperti
  • Oniscus languidus
  • Oniscus lineatus
  • Oniscus murarius
  • Oniscus nodulosus
  • Oniscus taeniola
  • Oniscus vicarius
  • Porcellio Dio lineatus
  • Porcellio Cane taeniola

Oniscus asellus, the common woodlouse, or common shiny woodlouse[2] is one of the largest and most common species of woodlouse native to the British Isles and Western and Northern Europe, growing to lengths of 16 mm and widths of 6 mm.

  1. ^ Helmut Schmalfuss (2003). "World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) – revised and updated version" (PDF). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A. 654: 341 pp.
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