Armadillidiidae
Armadillidium vulgare Armadillidium vulgare in its defensive posture
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Isopoda Suborder: Oniscidea Family: Armadillidiidae Brandt, 1833
Genera
See text Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (2192 × 1644 pixel, file size: 420 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Description  Armadillidium vulgare, (Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Malacostraca, Family: Armadillidiidae). ... Diversity about 200 species Armadillidium is a genus of the small terrestrial crustacean known as the woodlouse. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 792 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1650 × 1250 pixel, file size: 260 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) A wood louse Armadillidium vulgare is a terrestrial crustacean with a rigid, segmented, calcareous exoskeleton and fourteen jointed limbs. ... Diversity about 200 species Armadillidium is a genus of the small terrestrial crustacean known as the woodlouse. ... Scientific classification redirects here. ... For other uses, see Animal (disambiguation). ... Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - spiders,scorpions, etc. ... For the Dutch band, see Crustacean (band). ... // Subclasses Eumalacostraca Hoplocarida Phyllocarida See text for orders. ... Suborders Anthuridea Asellota Calabozoida Epicaridea Flabellifera Microcerberidea Oniscidea Phreatoicidea Valvifera Wikispecies has information related to: Isopoda Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Isopoda Isopods are one of the most diverse orders of crustaceans, however they do not have gills, but with many species living in all environments, and are common... Infraorders and Families Not necessarily a complete list Infraorders: Ligiamorpha Tylomorpha Families: Dubioniscidae Irmaosidae Pseudarmadillidae Scleropactidae Armadillidium vulgare A woodlouse, also known as a pill bug (genus Armadillidium only), armadillo bug, sow bug, slater, ball bug, or roley-poley, is a terrestrial crustacean with a rigid, segmented, calcareous exoskeleton and... Johann Friedrich von Brandt (May 25, 1802 - July 15, 1879) was a German naturalist. ... For other uses, see Genus (disambiguation). ...

Armadillidiidae is a family of woodlice, a terrestrial crustacean group in the order Isopoda. Unlike members of the family Porcellionidae, members of this family can roll into a ball, giving them their common name of "pill bug," "potato bug", "doodlebug", or the more recent and increasingly popularized term, "roly-poly," which has been used regionally as early as 1968. ^[1] The hierarchy of scientific classification In biological classification, family (Latin: familia, plural familiae) is a rank, or a taxon in that rank. ... Infraorders and Families Infraorder Tylomorpha Tylidae Infraorder Ligiamorpha 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 (Ligiamorpha... Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land, as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water (e. ... For the Dutch band, see Crustacean (band). ... Suborders Anthuridea Asellota Calabozoida Epicaridea Flabellifera Microcerberidea Oniscidea Phreatoicidea Valvifera Wikispecies has information related to: Isopoda Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Isopoda Isopods are one of the most diverse orders of crustaceans, however they do not have gills, but with many species living in all environments, and are common... Genera Caeroplastes Congocellio Dorypoditius Inchanga Leptotrichus Lucasius Mahehia Mexicostylus Mica Pondo Porcellio Porcellionides Proporcellio Soteriscus Thermocellio Tropicocellio Tura Uramba Porcellionidae is a terrestrial family of the order Isopoda. ... In science, a common name is any name by which a species or other concept is known that is not the official scientific name. ...

The best known species in the family is Armadillidium vulgare, the common pill bug. These arthropods commonly feed on decaying vegetation and are found under logs, garbage pails or any other place where moisture can be found. Moisture is essential to pill bugs due to their breathing organs, which are like gills. Pill bugs, although often thriving in damp areas, have often been known to live in dry beds. Diversity about 200 species Armadillidium is a genus of the small terrestrial crustacean known as the woodlouse. ...

Genera include:

• Alloschizidium
• Armadillidium
• Ballodillium
• Cristarmadillidium
• Cyphodillidium
• Echinarmadillidium
• Eleoniscus
• Eluma
• Paxodillidium
• Platanosphaera
• Schizidium
• Trichodillidium
• Troglarmadillidium
• Typhlarmadillidium

Diversity about 200 species Armadillidium is a genus of the small terrestrial crustacean known as the woodlouse. ...

References

1. ^ They like hiding in moist spots, including cracks in a wall. They are also older than dinosaurs. it's a fact. Hall, Joan Houston, ed. (2002), Dictionary of American Regional English, vol. 4, Cambridge, MA & London: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, pp. 631