Common woodlouse  (Oniscus asellus)

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Crustacea
Order Isopoda
Family Oniscidae
Genus Oniscus (1)
Size Length: 16 mm (2)
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Status

Common and widespread throughout Britain (2).