Porcellio dilatatus

Porcellio dilatatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Armadilloidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Mandibulata
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Peracarida
Ordo: Isopoda
Cladus: Scutocoxifera
Subordo: Oniscidea
Infraordo: Ligiamorpha
Superfamilia: Armadilloidea

Familia: Porcellionidae
Genus: Porcellio
Species:

Name

  • Porcellio dilatatus Brandt, 1833

References

  • Brandt, J.F. 1833. Tentaminum quorundam monographicorum Insecta Myriapoda Chilognathi Latreillii spectantium prodromus. Bulletin de la Societé Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 6: 194–209. BHL Reference page. 
  • Nako, J-D., Lee, N.S. & Wright, J.C. 2018. Water vapor absorption allows for volume expansion during molting in Armadillidium vulgare and Porcellio dilatatus (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea). Pp 459–479 In:
  • Hornung, E., Taiti, S. & Szlavecz, K. (Eds.). Isopods in a Changing World. ZooKeys 801: 1–518. Reference page. . DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.801.23344 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

  • English: Giant canyon isopod
  • Nederlands: Brede pissebed