Porcellio longicornis

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Porcellio longicornis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Family: Porcellionidae
Genus: Porcellio
Species:
P. longicornis
Binomial name
Porcellio longicornis
Stein, 1859

Porcellio longicornis is a species of woodlouse. This species was described by Johann Philip Emil Friedrich Stein in 1859. It is found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Montenegro. [1]

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References

  1. Schotte, Marilyn. "Porcellio longicornis Stein, 1859". WoRMS. Retrieved 18 July 2017.