World List of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans

Isopoda taxon details

Porcellio laevis Latreille, 1804

AphiaID

262343 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:262343)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Porcellio (Mesoporcellio Sektio Mesoporcellio) Verhoeff, 1907
Porcellio (Mesoporcellio) Verhoeff, 1908

Parent

Porcellio Latreille, 1804

Original name

Porcellio laevis Latreille, 1804

Synonymised names

Porcellio (Mesoporcellio) chevalieri Paulian de Félice, 1938 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Porcellio (Mesoporcellio) laevis Latreile, 1804 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Porcellio (Mesoporcellio) laevis longicauda Paulian de Félice, 1938 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Porcellio (Mesoporcellio_Sektio_Mesoporcellio) laevis Latreille, 1804 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Porcellio (Rogopus) calmani Omer-Cooper, 1923 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Porcellio aztecus de Saussure, 1857 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Porcellio bombosus Shen, 1949 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Porcellio calmani Omer-Cooper, 1923 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Porcellio cinerascens Brandt, 1833 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Porcellio cotillae de Saussure, 1857 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Porcellio cubensis de Saussure, 1857 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Porcellio degeeri Guérin, 1832 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Porcellio dubius Brandt, 1833 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Porcellio eucercus Brandt, 1833 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Porcellio flavipes C. Koch, 1847 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Porcellio laevis trinacrius Verhoeff, 1908 · unaccepted > superseded rank

Porcellio laevis var. flavovirescens Collinge, 1917 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Porcellio laevis var. maculatus Collinge, 1917 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Porcellio mexicanus de Saussure, 1857 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Porcellio obtusifrons Haswell, 1882 · unaccepted

Porcellio ovatus Zaddach, 1844 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Porcellio parvicornis Richardson, 1902 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Porcellio poeyi Guérin, 1837 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Porcellio ragusae Dollfus, 1896 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Porcellio sumichrasti de Saussure, 1857 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Porcellio troschelii Schnitzler, 1853 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Porcellio urbicus C. Koch, 1842 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Subspecies Porcellio laevis bodemeyeri Verhoeff, 1942
Subspecies Porcellio laevis bueruecekensis Verhoeff, 1941
Subspecies Porcellio laevis diaboli Verhoeff, 1939
Variety Porcellio laevis var. marinensis Verhoeff, 1901
Subspecies Porcellio laevis vesaniae Verhoeff & Strouhal, 1967
Subspecies Porcellio laevis achilleionensis Verhoeff, 1901 accepted as Porcellio achilleionensis Verhoeff, 1901 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
Subspecies Porcellio laevis bürücekensis Verhoeff, 1941 accepted as Porcellio laevis bueruecekensis Verhoeff, 1941 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling)
Subspecies Porcellio laevis trinacrius Verhoeff, 1908 accepted as Porcellio laevis Latreille, 1804 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
Variety Porcellio laevis var. flavovirescens Collinge, 1917 accepted as Porcellio laevis Latreille, 1804 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Variety Porcellio laevis var. maculatus Collinge, 1917 accepted as Porcellio laevis Latreille, 1804 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

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]

Type data

Note Southern Europe

type locality Southern Europe [details]

Taxonomic citation

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 laevis Latreille, 1804. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/isopoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=262343 on 2025-11-11

Taxonomic edit history

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original description 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]

original description (of Porcellio obtusifrons Haswell, 1882) Haswell, W. A. (1882). Catalogue of the Australian Stalk- and Sessile-Eyed Crustacea. Australian Museum, Sydney, xxiv + 324 + [3] pp., 4 pls. [details]

original description (of Porcellio ragusae Dollfus, 1896) Dollfus, A. (1896). Crustaces isopodes de la Sicile. Notices Faunistiques. 1896: 1-6. [details]

original description (of Porcellio laevis var. flavovirescens Collinge, 1917) Collinge, W. E. (1917). Descriptions of some further new varieties of British woodlice. Journal of Zoological Research, London. 2(3): 123-125. [details]

original description (of Porcellio (Mesoporcellio) laevis longicauda Paulian de Félice, 1938) Paulian de Félice, L. (1938). Isopodes terrestres des Ilés du Cap-Vert rapportés par M. le Professeur A. Chevalier. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 2e series. 10(1): 391-395. [details] Available for editors

original description (of Porcellio laevis var. maculatus Collinge, 1917) Collinge, W. E. (1917). Descriptions of some further new varieties of British woodlice. Journal of Zoological Research, London. 2(3): 123-125. [details]

original description (of Porcellio aztecus de Saussure, 1857) de Saussure, H. (1857). Diagnoses de quelques Crustacés nouveaux des Antilles et du Mexique. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée. série 2, 9: 304–308. [details]

original description (of Porcellio cotillae de Saussure, 1857) de Saussure, H. (1857). Diagnoses de quelques Crustacés nouveaux des Antilles et du Mexique. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée. série 2, 9: 304–308. [details]

original description (of Porcellio bombosus Shen, 1949) Shen, C. J. (1949). On six new land and freshwater isopod Crustacea from Yunnan, China. Contributions of the Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Peiping. 5(2): 49-66. [details] Available for editors

original description (of Porcellio (Mesoporcellio) chevalieri Paulian de Félice, 1938) Paulian de Félice, L. (1938). Isopodes terrestres des Ilés du Cap-Vert rapportés par M. le Professeur A. Chevalier. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 2e series. 10(1): 391-395. [details] Available for editors

original description (of Porcellio cinerascens Brandt, 1833) Brandt, J. F. (1833). Conspectus monographiae crustaceorum oniscodorum Latreillii. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou. 6: 171-193, pl. 4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45989307 [details]

original description (of Porcellio eucercus Brandt, 1833) Brandt, J. F. (1833). Conspectus monographiae crustaceorum oniscodorum Latreillii. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou. 6: 171-193, pl. 4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45989307 [details]

original description (of Porcellio degeeri Guérin, 1832) Guérin, F. E. (1832-1835). I.re Classe. Crustacés. In: Brullé, A. Expédition Scientifique de Morée. Section des Sciences Physiques. Tome III. — 1.re Partie. Zoologie. Deuxième Section. — Des animaux articulés. Paris: Chez F. G. Levrault. Pp. 30-50 (1832), pl. 27 (1835). [details]

original description (of Porcellio dubius Brandt, 1833) Brandt, J. F. (1833). Conspectus monographiae crustaceorum oniscodorum Latreillii. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou. 6: 171-193, pl. 4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45989307 [details]

original description (of Porcellio cubensis de Saussure, 1857) de Saussure, H. (1857). Diagnoses de quelques Crustacés nouveaux des Antilles et du Mexique. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée. série 2, 9: 304–308. [details]

original description (of Porcellio flavipes C. Koch, 1847) Koch, C.L. (1847). Den Verzeichnissen und Berichtigungen zu Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden und ein System der Myriapoden. [The lists and corrections to Germany's crustaceans, myriapods and arachnids and a system of the myriapods.]. In: Panzer, G.W.F. & Herrich-Schäffer, A. (eds.), Kritische Revision der Insectenfaune Deutschlands. 3: 1-272, pls. 1-10., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33700094 [details]

original description (of Porcellio mexicanus de Saussure, 1857) de Saussure, H. (1857). Diagnoses de quelques Crustacés nouveaux des Antilles et du Mexique. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée. série 2, 9: 304–308. [details]

original description (of Porcellio ovatus Zaddach, 1844) Zaddach, E. G. (1844). Synopseos Crustaceorum Prussicorum Prodromus. [Synopsis of Prussian Crustaceans Prodromus.]. Dissertatio Zoologica, quam Scripsit et ex Auctoritate Amplissimi Phiposophorum Ordinis in Academia Albertina pro Facultate Docendi [Zoological Dissertation, which he Wrote with the Authority of the Ample Phiposophore Order in the Albertine Academy for the Faculty of Teaching] , Regiomonti: E.J. Daljowski. viii + 39 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11825149 [details]

original description (of Porcellio parvicornis Richardson, 1902) Richardson, H. (1902). The marine and terrestrial isopods of the Bermudas, with descriptions of new genera and species. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Sciences. 11(1): 277-310, pls. 37-40. [details]

original description (of Porcellio poeyi Guérin, 1837) Guérin, [F. E.]. (1837). Sur une nouvelle espèce de porcellion provenant de l'île de Cuba. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences. 4(4): 132. [details]

original description (of Porcellio sumichrasti de Saussure, 1857) de Saussure, H. (1857). Diagnoses de quelques Crustacés nouveaux des Antilles et du Mexique. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée. série 2, 9: 304–308. [details]

original description (of Porcellio troschelii Schnitzler, 1853) Schnitzler, H. J. (1853). De Oniscineis agri Bonnensis. Dissertatio Zoologica. Cologne. 1-27. [details]

original description (of Porcellio urbicus C. Koch, 1842) Koch, C. L. (1844). Deutschlands Crustaceen, Arachniden und Myriopoden. 37. Regensburg [details]

original description (of Porcellio laevis trinacrius Verhoeff, 1908) Verhoeff, K. W. (1908). Über Isopoden. 15. Aufsatz. Archiv für Biontogie. 2(2): 335-387, pls. 29-31. [details]

original description (of Porcellio (Rogopus) calmani Omer-Cooper, 1923) Omer-Cooper, J. (1923). The terrestrial Isopoda of Mesopotamia and the surrounding districts. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 29(1): 93-106, pls. 1-6. [details]

context source (Bermuda) Schultz, G. A. (1972). Ecology and systematics of terrestrial isopod crustaceans from Bermuda (Oniscoidea). Crustaceana , 3: 79-99 [details]

additional source Verhoeff, K. W. (1908). Über Isopoden. 15. Aufsatz. Archiv für Biontogie. 2(2): 335-387, pls. 29-31. [details]

additional source Schmalfuss, H. (2003). World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie A (Biologie). 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. ZooKeys. 515: 27-49., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.515.9477 [details]