Oniscus asellus

Tags: Crustacean.

Oniscus asellus the common woodlouse is one of the largest and most common species of woodlouse in the British Isles and Western and Northern Europe growing to lengths of 16 mm and widths of 6 mm.

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binomial authority

Carl Linnaeus, 10th edition of Systema Naturae

class

Malacostraca

family

Oniscidae

genus

Oniscus

kingdom

Animal

order

Isopoda

phylum

Arthropod, Crustacean

synonym

*Oniscus affinis, *Oniscus fossor, *Oniscus lamperti, *Oniscus languidus, *Oniscus lineatus, *Oniscus murarius, *Oniscus nodulosus, *Oniscus taeniola, *Oniscus vicarius, *Porcellio lineatus, *Porcellio taeniola