Fauna Europaea : Taxon Details

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Taxonomy

Accepted name		Porcellio scaber Latreille 1804

Taxonomic rank		Species

Taxonomic status		valid

Taxonomic comment

Nomenclature and Synonyms

Genus group name(s)	Taxonomic comment
Porcellio Latreille 1804 [genus]
no synonyms present in the database for this taxon

Species group name(s)	Original genus	Taxonomic comment
scaber Latreille 1804 [species]	Porcellio
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Taxonomic Hierarchy

Rank	Name
Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Eumetazoa
Phylum	Arthropoda
Subphylum	Crustacea
Class	Malacostraca
Subclass	Eumalacostraca
Superorder	Peracarida
Order	Isopoda
Suborder	Oniscidea
Infraorder	Ligiamorpha
Family	Porcellionidae
Genus	Porcellio
Species	*scaber*

Distribution

Experts

Name	Fauna Europaea status
Boxshall, Dr Geoffrey	group coordinator
Boxshall, Dr Geoffrey	taxonomic specialist

References

Accepted name:

Porcellio scaber Latreille 1804

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