#4508 · 🦀 crabs & other crustaceans

Swift Woodlouse

🇳🇱 Gladde Pissebed ·Porcellio laevis

🦀 Crabs & other crustaceans 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © RAP · CC BY 4.0
2. © Gaëtan Jouvenez · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Eddie Dunbar · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © RAP · CC BY 4.0
5. © Henry de Lange · CC BY 4.0
6. © shrike2 · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Los Angeles, California, United States:© Cedric Lee · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Fremont, CA, USA:© Eric Cameron · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Accomack County, VA, USA:© Nathan T. Jones · CC BY 4.0
10. Miami-Dade County, FL, USA:© Joe MDO · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Porcellio laevis (commonly called the swift woodlouse , or smooth slater in Australia) is a species of woodlouse in the genus Porcellio . It has a cosmopolitan distribution, and has been introduced to Australia, including Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 9,249iNaturalist observations

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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
9,249 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Pierre André Latreille in 1804 (222 years ago).