Porcellionides pruinosus
Species of woodlouse / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Porcellionides pruinosus is a cosmopolitan and detrivorous woodlouse that is native to Europe,[2] and is suspected to consist of very closely related species. Ten subspecies are recognised.[1] The species carries Wolbachia endosymbionts, which is an alpha-proteobacterium that is known to modify the reproduction of their crustacean hosts by inducing cytoplasmic incompatibility or feminisation.[3]
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Porcellionides pruinosus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Superorder: | Peracarida |
Order: | Isopoda |
Suborder: | Oniscidea |
Family: | Porcellionidae |
Genus: | Porcellionides |
Species: | P. pruinosus |
Binomial name | |
Porcellionides pruinosus | |
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