#4498 · 🦀 crabs & other crustaceans
Beautiful Pill Woodlouse
🇳🇱 Prachtoproller ·Armadillidium pulchellum
🦀 Crabs & other crustaceans 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Berlin, Germany
📍 Karlskronavägen, 121 52 Johanneshov, Sweden
📍 73 Welzheim, Deutschland
📍 Berlin-Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Germany
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas · CC BY 4.0
- 5. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Berlin, Germany:© Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas · CC BY 4.0
- 8. Karlskronavägen, 121 52 Johanneshov, Sweden:© Philippa Holdridge · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 73 Welzheim, Deutschland:© urenzal · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Berlin-Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Germany:© Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
Armadillidium pulchellum is a species of crustaceans belonging to the family Armadillidiidae.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 5 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 445 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Beautiful Pill Woodlouse
- Nederlands
- Prachtoproller
- scientific name
- Armadillidium pulchellum
- class
- Malacostraca
- order
- Isopoda
- family
- Armadillidiidae
- sightings in NL
- 5
- sightings in Europe
- 400
- sightings worldwide
- 445
- GBIF records in NL
- 75
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
relatives· Armadillidiidae
#4439 📷 8Common Pill Woodlouse
🇳🇱 Gewone oprolpissebed
Armadillidium vulgare
👀 1.2k in NL
#4489 📷 10Nosy Pill Woodlouse
🇳🇱 Neusoproller
Armadillidium nasatum
👀 8 in NL
#4502 📷 10Arcangeli's Pill Woodlouse
🇳🇱 Kleine oproller
Armadillidium arcangelii
👀 2 in NL
#4514 📷 10Versicolored Pill Woodlouse
Armadillidium versicolor
🌍 3.5k seen
#4519 📷 10Southern Pill Woodlouse
Armadillidium depressum
🌍 2.1k seen
#4520 📷 10Granulated Pill Woodlouse
Armadillidium granulatum
🌍 2k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 483809, Wikidata Q1927292, GBIF 2203670, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.