Woodlice are terrestrial isopods in the suborder Oniscidea. Their name is derived from being often found in old wood, and from louse, a parasitic insect, although woodlice are neither parasitic nor in
Whole woodlouse
Woodlice under a concrete block
Hemilepistus reaumuri lives in "the driest habitat conquered by any species of crustacean".
Ligia oceanica lives in the littoral zone.
Isopoda is an order of crustaceans. Members of this group are collectively called isopods and include both aquatic species such as gribbles and terrestrial species such as woodlice. All have rigid, se
Woodlouse
…Woodlice are terrestrial isopods in the suborder Oniscidea. Their name is derived from being often found in old wood, and from louse, a parasitic insect, although woodlice are neither…
The woodlouse Oniscus asellus showing the head with eyes and antennae, carapace and relatively uniform limbs
A phreatoicidean isopod, from Australia
Porcellio scaber and Oniscus asellus