Porcellionides pruinosus

. Porcellionides pruinosus, also commonly referred to as the Powder Blue Isopod, is a species of isopods. It is referred to as this due to its blueish-gray powdered coloration on the carapace

Close up photo of Lumbricus rubellus on top of soil

Taxonomy

  Kingdom: Animalia 
     Phylum: Arthropoda
        Class: Malacostraca 
           Order: Isopoda
              Family: Porcellionidae
                 Genus: Porcellionides

Overview

Photo of Lumbricus rubellus in a petri dish^[1]

Habitat

References

↑ Lumbricus rubellus Hoffmeister, 1843, Søborg, Denmark, 23 April 2016: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lumbricus_rubellus_%2826533505231%29.jpg

https://bantam.earth/porcellionides-pruinosus-powder-blue-isopods/#:~:text=Powder%20Blue%20Isopods%20are%20a,with%20white%20and%20brown%20spots.

[Hoffmeister-1] Lumbricus rubellus Hoffmeister, 1843, Søborg, Denmark, 23 April 2016: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lumbricus_rubellus_%2826533505231%29.jpg

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Porcellionides pruinosus

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