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Porcellio scaber Latreille, 1804

Abundant detritivores in arid-zone forest leaf litter on many of the islands.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Malacostraca

Order
Isopoda

Suborder
Oniscidea

Family
Porcellionidae

Genus
Porcellio

Species
scaber

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 1964

Mode of introduction: Accidental

Introduction Pathway: Contaminant

Subpathway: On habitat material (soil, vegetation)

Introduced status: Naturalized

Invasive status: No data

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Santa Cruz

References

  • Peck, S.B. Heraty, J., Landry, B. & Sinclair, B.J. (1998) Introduced insect fauna of an oceanic archipelago: The Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Am. Entomol. 44: 218-237.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Porcellio scaber", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=16813. Accessed 25 April 2026.