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Common Shiny Woodlouse

Oniscus asellus

48,679 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 2,530, February 1,869, March 2,928, April 4,606, May 6,641, June 7,241, July 7,749, August 6,664, September 4,892, October 3,652, November 1,996, December 1,560.
United States66,535
Alaska52,326
Canada7,025
United Kingdom5,726
England4,989
Germany3,344
British Columbia2,998
France2,446
New York2,341
Massachusetts2,012

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Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassMalacostracans · Malacostraca
OrderIsopods · Isopoda
FamilySow Bugs · Oniscidae
GenusOniscus

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