Biology:Porcellio expansus

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Short description: Species of woodlouse

Porcellio expansus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Family: Porcellionidae
Genus: Porcellio
Species:
P. expansus
Binomial name
Porcellio expansus
Dollfus, 1892

Porcellio expansus (also known as the Giant Spanish Isopod[1]) is a species of detritivorous woodlouse in the genus Porcellio that can be found in northeast[2] Spain .[3][4]

They live from 3-5 years and reach sizes of 2.6–3.8 centimetres (1.0–1.5 in)[1][5]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q129363 entry