Philoscia muscorum (Scopoli, 1763)

A Woodlouse

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Animal

Sublevel 1: Non-chordate Invertebrate

Sublevel 2: Invertebrate with bilateral symmetry

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Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Malacostraca

Order: Isopoda

Family: Philosciidae

Genus: Philoscia

Species: Philoscia muscorum

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Origin: Introduced

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations: None

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Heterotroph

HABITAT

PHOTOS OF Philoscia muscorum