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Woodlouse

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Woodlouse

Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Malacostraca Order: Isopoda Suborder: Oniscidea
Familes
Infraorder Tylomorpha Tylidae Infraorder Ligiamorpha Ligiidae Mesoniscidae Superfamily Trichoniscoidea Buddelundiellidae Trichoniscidae Superfamily Styloniscoidea Schoebliidae Styloniscidae Titaniidae Tunanoniscidae Superfamily Oniscoidea Bathytropidae Berytoniscidae Detonidae Halophilosciidae Olibrinidae Oniscidae Philosciidae Platyarthridae Pudeoniscidae Rhyscotidae Scyphacidae Speleoniscidae Sphaeroniscidae Stenoniscidae Tendosphaeridae Superfamily Armadilloidea Actaeciidae Armadillidae Armadillidiidae Atlantidiidae Balloniscidae Cylisticidae Eubelidae Periscyphicidae Porcellionidae Trachelipodidae incertae sedis Dubioniscidae Hekelidae Irmaosidae Pseudarmadillidae Scleropactidae

The woodlouse are isopods assigned to the suborder Oniscidea. There are over 3000 known species known by such names as the "roly-poly", "armadillo bug", "cheeselog", "doodlebug", "monkeypea", "pill bug", "potato bug", "roll up bug", "slater", and "sow bug".

The woodlouse is the only crustacean to occupy an inland habitat. Woodlouse body length is 11mm, which is rather small, never reaching more than three-quarters of an inch long, with oval shaped bodies, convex above, and empty beneath.

The two most common European woodlouses are Oniscus asellis that has a brown body and yellow marks on its back, and Porcellio Scaber that has mix blue and grey body Oniscus asellis and Porcellio Scaber are rather flat.

1 Anatomy
2 Reproduction
3 Ecology
4 Gallery
5 Related References
6 See Also

Anatomy

Bottoms of Woodlouse

The woodlouse has a flat body. The head part and abdomen are tiny, but the thorax is large(compared to other parts), and also composed of seven hard individual overlapping plates. The woodlouse breast consists of 7 joints. The woodlouse has a stomach which consists of 6 tiny joints. The woodlouse has 7 pairs of legs, and each leg has a round shape. The end of the tail woodlouse has 2 antennas. The first antenna is small, and second antenna is similar to the broken ruler and it’s huge. The second antenna has with several joints. The woodlouse is similar to the sow bug; if one touches the sow bug it changes to a ball shape which protects itself but woodlouse doesn’t change to a ball shape. That is the difference between a sow bug and a woodlouse. [1]

Reproduction

The Woodlouse has separate males and females. After mating the female puts down her eggs, and brings them around with her inside a brood pouch on her outside. She maintains carrying them for a while after they incubate so that she can protect them.[2] As woodlouse grows, they moult. They do this several times before they are completely grown. They can take up to 3 years to mature. [3]

Ecology

Woodlouse tomb

The woodlouse likes moisture because it has gill; the woodlouse breathe through the gill. Gill is important life of woodlouse. The woodlouse lives in dark places, such as like under garden’s rocks or around the garbage. The Woodlouse is usually nocturnal and is detritivores; It’s feed specific dead plant matter. The Woodlouse does not damage to human, but it looks like disgusting, so human have displeasure woodlouse. The Woodlouse does big damage to plants by eating roots which connects plants and ground. Also woodlouse eats the trunk. Especially woodlouse does damage to garden plants. [4]

Gallery

Woodlouse form toliet roll.	Woodlouse Scurrying around backyard.	Woodlouse own place.	The big woodlouse has a tiny passenger.
Woodlouse and text.	Woodlouse on the bridge.	Daddy long-legs spider (Pholcus phalangioides)with a captured woodlouse.