World List of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans

Isopoda taxon details

Porcellio scaber Latreille, 1804

To NHMUK collection (Porcellio scaber Latreille, 1804; NON-TYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9528652)

AphiaID

262440 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:262440)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Porcellio Latreille, 1804
Porcellio (Porcellio) Latreille, 1804

Parent

Porcellio Latreille, 1804

Original name

Porcellio scaber Latreille, 1804

Synonymised names

Oniscus granulatus Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Philoscia tuberculata Stimpson, 1856 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Porcellio (Euporcellio) arcuatus sociabilis L. Koch, 1901 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Porcellio (Euporcellio) scaber Latreille, 1804 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Porcellio (Euporcellio) scaber var. arenaria Dollfus, 1892 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Porcellio (Euporcellio) scaber var. maritima Dollfus, 1899 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Porcellio (Porcellio) cayennensis Miers, 1878 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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

Porcellio brandtii H. Milne Edwards, 1840 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Porcellio dubius C. Koch, 1841 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (junior homonyn of Porcellio...)

junior homonyn of Porcellio dubius Brandt, 1833 [Isopoda]

Porcellio gemmulatus Dana, 1853 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Porcellio graniger White, 1847 · unaccepted > nomen nudum

Porcellio graniger Miers, 1876 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Porcellio granulatus H. Milne Edwards, 1840 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Porcellio granulatus (Lamarck, 1818) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Porcellio marginalis Mulaik, 1960 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (junior homonyn of Porcellio...)

junior homonyn of Porcellio marginalis Budde-Lund, 1885 [Isopoda]

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

Porcellio nigra Say, 1818 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Porcellio nodieri Dollfus, 1898 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Porcellio paulensis Heller, 1865 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Porcellio scaber americanus Arcangeli, 1932 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Porcellio scaber japonicus Verhoeff, 1928 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Porcellio scaber scaber Latreille, 1804 · alternative representation

Porcellio scaber var. arenaria Dollfus, 1892 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Porcellio scaber var. flavobrunneus Collinge, 1917 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Porcellio scaber var. flavomaculata Collinge, 1918 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Porcellio scaber var. maritima Dollfus, 1892 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Porcellio sociabilis L. Koch, 1901 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Porcellio toyamaensis Nunomura, 1980 · unaccepted

Porcellio tristis Zaddach, 1844 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Subspecies Porcellio scaber lusitanus Verhoeff, 1907
Variety Porcellio scaber var. scabrior Verhoeff, 1907
Subspecies Porcellio scaber americanus Arcangeli, 1932 accepted as Porcellio scaber Latreille, 1804 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Subspecies Porcellio scaber japonicus Verhoeff, 1928 accepted as Porcellio scaber Latreille, 1804 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Variety Porcellio scaber var. arenaria Dollfus, 1892 accepted as Porcellio scaber Latreille, 1804 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Variety Porcellio scaber var. flavobrunneus Collinge, 1917 accepted as Porcellio scaber Latreille, 1804 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Variety Porcellio scaber var. flavomaculata Collinge, 1918 accepted as Porcellio scaber Latreille, 1804 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Variety Porcellio scaber var. maritima Dollfus, 1892 accepted as Porcellio scaber Latreille, 1804 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Subspecies Porcellio scaber scaber Latreille, 1804 represented as Porcellio scaber Latreille, 1804

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

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]

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 scaber Latreille, 1804. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/isopoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=262440 on 2026-04-17

Taxonomic edit history

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2008-01-03 13:02:48Z

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Schotte, Marilyn

2016-09-21 12:56:18Z

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Taiti, Stefano

2019-07-12 19:15:39Z

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Boyko, Christopher B.

2023-07-22 00:23:05Z

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Boyko, Christopher B.

2025-04-17 12:35:25Z

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Boyko, Christopher B.

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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 toyamaensis Nunomura, 1980) Nunomura, N. (1980) Some Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans from Toyama City, middle Japan. Bulletin of the Toyama Science Museum 2:13-31. [details]

original description (of Porcellio graniger Miers, 1876) Miers, E. J. (1876). Descriptions of some new species of Crustacea, chiefly from New Zealand. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 4. 17: 218-229., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937608681934 [details]

original description (of Porcellio scaber americanus Arcangeli, 1932) Arcangeli, A. (1932). Isopodi terrestri raccolti dal Prof. Silvestri nel Nord-America. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale ed Agraria della R. Instituto Superiore Agratio di Portici. 26: 121-141. [details] Available for editors

original description (of Porcellio scaber var. flavobrunneus 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 scaber var. flavomaculata Collinge, 1918) Collinge, W. E. (1918). A revised check list of the British terrestrial Isopoda (woodlice), with notes. The Journal of Zoological Research. 3(1): 31-43. [details]

original description (of Porcellio scaber japonicus Verhoeff, 1928) Verhoeff, K. W. (1928). Über einige Isopoden der zoologischen Staatssammlung in München. 38. Isopoden-Aufsatz. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 76: 25-36. [details] Available for editors

original description (of Porcellio marginalis Mulaik, 1960) Mulaik, S. B. (1960). Contribucion al conocimiento de los isopodos terrestres de Mexico (Isopoda, Oniscoidea). [Contribution to the knowledge of terrestrial isopods of Mexico (Isopoda, Oniscoidea).]. Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana de Historia Natural. 21(1): 79-220, pls. 1-35. [details] Available for editors

original description (of Oniscus granulatus Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879 [details]

original description (of Philoscia tuberculata Stimpson, 1856) Stimpson, W. (1856). On some Californian Crustacea. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 1: 87-90. [details]

original description (of Porcellio brandtii H. Milne Edwards, 1840) Milne Edwards, H. (1834–1840). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, Comprenant l´Anatomie, la Physiologie et la Classification de ces Animaux, Vol I (1834): i–xxxv + 1–468, Vol. II (1837): 1–532, Vol. III (1840): 1–638; atlas: 1–32, pls. 1–42. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16170#/summary [details]

original description (of Porcellio (Porcellio) cayennensis Miers, 1878) Miers, E.J. (1878). On a collection of Crustacea, Decapoda and Isopoda, chiefly from South America, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1877(IV): 653-679 [imprint 1877]. [details]

original description (of Porcellio asper 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 dubius C. Koch, 1841) Koch, C. L. (1841). Deutschlands Crustaceen, Arachniden und Myriopoden. 34. Regensburg. [details]

original description (of Porcellio gemmulatus Dana, 1853) Dana, J.D. (1853 - 1855). Crustacea. Part II. In: United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes. U. S. N., C. Sherman Printer, Philadelphia. 14: 691-1618. [1855, folio atlas pls. 1-96.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40412910 [details]

original description (of Porcellio graniger White, 1847) White, A. (1847). List of the Specimens of Crustacea in the Collection of the British Museum. British Museum: London. i-viii, 1-141 [For date of publication see Sherborn, 1926: 272]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1317596 [details]

original description (of Porcellio granulatus H. Milne Edwards, 1840) Milne Edwards, H. (1834–1840). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, Comprenant l´Anatomie, la Physiologie et la Classification de ces Animaux, Vol I (1834): i–xxxv + 1–468, Vol. II (1837): 1–532, Vol. III (1840): 1–638; atlas: 1–32, pls. 1–42. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16170#/summary [details]

original description (of Porcellio montesumae 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 nigra Say, 1818) Say, T. (1818). An account of the Crustacea of the United States (concluded). Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences at Philadelphia. 1(2): 423-441. [details]

original description (of Porcellio nodieri Dollfus, 1898) Dollfus, A. (1898). Note sur les isopodes terrestres du Sénégal. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 23: 122-126., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.3475 [details]

original description (of Porcellio paulensis Heller, 1865) Heller, C. (1865). Crustaceen. [Crustacea]. Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erdre, in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair, Zoologischer Theil, Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Wien, Band. 2 (Abtheilung 3): 1–280, pls. 1–25., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13188320 [details]

original description (of Porcellio tristis 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 sociabilis L. Koch, 1901) Koch, L. (1901). Die Isopoden Süddeutschlands und Tirols. Saecular-Feier der Naturhistorischen Gesellschaft in Nürnberg 1801-1901. Festschrift. Pp. 1-72. Nürnberg: U. E. Sebald. [details]

original description (of Porcellio scaber var. maritima Dollfus, 1892) Dollfus, A. (1892). Variétés nouvelles du Porcellio scaber. Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes, 3rd series. 22(262): 211. [details]

original description (of Porcellio scaber var. arenaria Dollfus, 1892) Dollfus, A. (1892). Variétés nouvelles du Porcellio scaber. Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes, 3rd series. 22(262): 211. [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. Biological Reviews. 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. Biological Reviews. 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). 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]

additional source Eusébio, R. P.; Taiti, S.; Reboleira, A. S. P. S. (2025). Terrestrial isopods (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) from Mesovoid Shallow Substratum habitats of Portugal. Subterranean Biology. 53: 129-153., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.53.163632 [details] Available for editors