Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 319 No. 319 |

Porcellio scaber (otherwise known as the common rough woodlouse or simply rough woodlouse), is a species of European woodlouse. It is not to be confused with Armadillidium spp., which are able to curl into a ball to defend themselves.
Ancestry Graph
%%{
init: {
'theme': 'base',
'themeVariables': {
'primaryColor': '#83a09c',
'primaryTextColor': '#212d2b',
'primaryBorderColor': '#fff',
'lineColor': '#fff',
'secondaryColor': '#006100',
'tertiaryColor': '#fff'
}
}
}%%
flowchart LR
classDef active fill:#fff
arthropods("phylum: Arthropods"):::active
arthropods-->crustaceans("subphylum: Crustaceans"):::active
crustaceans-->woodlice-pillbugs-and-rock-slaters("suborder: Woodlice, Pillbugs, and Rock Slaters"):::active
woodlice-pillbugs-and-rock-slaters-->porcellionid-woodlice("family: Porcellionid Woodlice"):::active
porcellionid-woodlice==>common-rough-woodlouse(["species: Common Rough Woodlouse"]):::active
click common-rough-woodlouse href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/crustaceans/woodlice-pillbugs-and-rock-slaters/porcellionid-woodlice/common-rough-woodlouse/"
click arthropods href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/"
click crustaceans href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/crustaceans/"
click woodlice-pillbugs-and-rock-slaters href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/crustaceans/woodlice-pillbugs-and-rock-slaters/"
click porcellionid-woodlice href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/crustaceans/woodlice-pillbugs-and-rock-slaters/porcellionid-woodlice/"
This is not intended to be a dry lexicon. Personal stories and sensitive articles form the framework for our pictures: „Seasons“
Maria experiences how the seasons change and with them the natural balance of her habitat. These changes are gradual and some might only recognise them when it is already too late.



