Porcellio pumicatus is a species of woodlouse in the genus Porcellio belonging to the family Porcellionidae. This species is known to occur in Central Italy and on Sardinia.[1][2] Adults reach about 15 millimetres (0.59 in) long and can mostly be encountered under stones.
Porcellio pumicatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Isopoda |
Suborder: | Oniscidea |
Family: | Porcellionidae |
Genus: | Porcellio |
Species: | P. pumicatus
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Binomial name | |
Porcellio pumicatus Budde-Lund, 1885
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Synonyms [1] | |
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References
edit- ^ a b Helmut Schmalfuss (2003). "World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) – revised and updated version" (PDF). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A. 654: 341 pp.
- ^ "Porcellio pumicatus Budde-Lund, 1885". Fauna Europaea. 2.6.2. August 29, 2013. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2013.