Porcellio dilatatus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Isopoda
- Family
- Porcellionidae
- Genus
- Porcellio
- Species
- Porcellio dilatatus
- Scientific Name
- Porcellio dilatatus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Porcellio dilatatus
Porcellio dilatatus (Commonly known as the Giant canyon isopod) is a species of woodlouse in the genus Porcellio belonging to the family Porcellionidae. This species is widespread in Europe, and has also been introduced to North America from Western Europe. They are 15 millimetres (0.59 in) long, are brown coloured and striped. As typical for woodlice, they are saprophages, feeding on decaying organic matter, usually from plants.
...Porcellio dilatatus in languages:
- Czech
- stínka sklepní
- Dutch
- Brede pissebed
- English
- Giant Canyon Woodlouse
- French
- Porcellion dilaté
- French
- Porcellion large
- Japanese
- オビワラジムシ
- Polish
- Prosionek szeroki
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Porcellio achilleionensis
- Porcellio albicornis
- Porcellio albinus
- Porcellio alpinus
- Porcellio alticola
- Porcellio apulicus
- Porcellio atlantidum
- Porcellio auritus
- Porcellio barroisi
- Porcellio bolivari
- Porcellio cadenati
- Porcellio cataractae
- Porcellio cavernicolus
- Porcellio cibioi
- Porcellio curti
- Porcellio debueni
- Porcellio deganiensis
- Porcellio dilatatus
- Porcellio dispar
- Porcellio djahizi
- Porcellio duboscqui
- Porcellio echinatus
- Porcellio evansi
- Porcellio expansus
- Porcellio ferroi
- Porcellio festai
- Porcellio flavocinctus
- Porcellio flavomarginatus
- Porcellio formosus
- Porcellio gallicus
- Porcellio glaberrimus
- Porcellio grandeus
- Porcellio granuliferus
- Porcellio gruneri
- Porcellio haasi
- Porcellio herminiensis
- Porcellio hoffmannseggii
- Porcellio humberti
- Porcellio incanus
- Porcellio insignis
- Porcellio laevis
- Porcellio lamellatus
- Porcellio lepineyi
- Porcellio maculipes
- Porcellio magnificus
- Porcellio marginalis
- Porcellio mazarronensis
- Porcellio messenicus
- Porcellio montanus
- Porcellio monticola
- Porcellio narixae
- Porcellio nasutus
- Porcellio nicklesi
- Porcellio nigrogranulatus
- Porcellio normani
- Porcellio novus
- Porcellio obsoletus
- Porcellio ocellatus
- Porcellio orarum
- Porcellio ornatus
- Porcellio ovalis
- Porcellio parenzani
- Porcellio provincialis
- Porcellio pulverulentus
- Porcellio pumicatus
- Porcellio ribauti
- Porcellio romanorum
- Porcellio rufobrunneus
- Porcellio saharaiensis
- Porcellio scaber
- Porcellio scabriusculus
- Porcellio scitus
- Porcellio selomai
- Porcellio siculoccidentalis
- Porcellio silvestrii
- Porcellio simulator
- Porcellio spatulatus
- Porcellio spinicornis
- Porcellio spinipennis
- Porcellio spinipes
- Porcellio succinctus
- Porcellio uljanini
- Porcellio variabilis
- Porcellio violaceus
- Porcellio wagneri
- Porcellio werneri
- Porcellio xavieri
- Porcellio zarcoi































































































































































