Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 332 No. 332 |
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
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