MSBIAS taxon details
Porcellio scaber Latreille, 1804
262440 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:262440)
accepted
Species
Porcellio scaber scaber Latreille, 1804 · alternative representation
- Subspecies Porcellio scaber scaber Latreille, 1804 represented as Porcellio scaber Latreille, 1804
recent + fossil
Latreille, P. A. (1804). Histoire Naturelle Generale et Particulière, des Crustacés et des Insectes. Volume 7: 1-413, pls. 58-66. F. Dufart, Paris. [details] 
Boyko, C.B.; Campos-Filho, I.S.; Hadfield, K.A.; Hughes, T.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Porcellio scaber Latreille, 1804. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025) Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=262440 on 2025-06-04
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Porcellio scaber Latreille, 1804. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=262440 on 2025-06-04
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Latreille, P. A. (1804). Histoire Naturelle Generale et Particulière, des Crustacés et des Insectes. Volume 7: 1-413, pls. 58-66. F. Dufart, Paris. [details]
context source (Introduced species) Frenot, Y.; Chown, S. L.; Whinam, J.; Selkirk, P. M.; Convey, P.; Skotnicki, M.; Bergstrom, D. M. (2005). Biological invasions in the Antarctic: extent, impacts and implications. <em>Biological Reviews.</em> 80(1): 45-72., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s1464793104006542 [details]
context source (RAS) Frenot, Y.; Chown, S. L.; Whinam, J.; Selkirk, P. M.; Convey, P.; Skotnicki, M.; Bergstrom, D. M. (2005). Biological invasions in the Antarctic: extent, impacts and implications. <em>Biological Reviews.</em> 80(1): 45-72., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s1464793104006542 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Schultz, G. A. (1972). Ecology and systematics of terrestrial isopod crustaceans from Bermuda (Oniscoidea). Crustaceana , 3: 79-99 [details]
basis of record Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25]. [details]
additional source Schmalfuss, H. (2003). World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). <em>Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie A (Biologie).</em> 654: 1-341., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60882444 [details] Available for editors
additional source Taiti, S.; Wynne, J. J. (2015). The terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea, Oniscidea) of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), with descriptions of two new species. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 515: 27-49., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.515.9477 [details]
context source (Introduced species) Frenot, Y.; Chown, S. L.; Whinam, J.; Selkirk, P. M.; Convey, P.; Skotnicki, M.; Bergstrom, D. M. (2005). Biological invasions in the Antarctic: extent, impacts and implications. <em>Biological Reviews.</em> 80(1): 45-72., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s1464793104006542 [details]
context source (RAS) Frenot, Y.; Chown, S. L.; Whinam, J.; Selkirk, P. M.; Convey, P.; Skotnicki, M.; Bergstrom, D. M. (2005). Biological invasions in the Antarctic: extent, impacts and implications. <em>Biological Reviews.</em> 80(1): 45-72., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s1464793104006542 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Schultz, G. A. (1972). Ecology and systematics of terrestrial isopod crustaceans from Bermuda (Oniscoidea). Crustaceana , 3: 79-99 [details]
basis of record Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25]. [details]
additional source Schmalfuss, H. (2003). World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). <em>Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie A (Biologie).</em> 654: 1-341., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60882444 [details] Available for editors
additional source Taiti, S.; Wynne, J. J. (2015). The terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea, Oniscidea) of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), with descriptions of two new species. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 515: 27-49., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.515.9477 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | common rough woodlouse | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (539 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Porcellio scaber scaber Latreille, 1804)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (455 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Porcellio scaber)
To GenBank (485 nucleotides; 466 proteins)
To Global Invasive Species Database (GISD)
To NHMUK collection (Porcellio scaber Latreille, 1804; NON-TYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9528652)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 87263 Porcellio scaber dorsal 6x photo)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (250 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Porcellio scaber scaber Latreille, 1804)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (455 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Porcellio scaber)
To GenBank (485 nucleotides; 466 proteins)
To Global Invasive Species Database (GISD)
To NHMUK collection (Porcellio scaber Latreille, 1804; NON-TYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9528652)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 87263 Porcellio scaber dorsal 6x photo)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (250 records)
To ITIS
