Stats

Lifespan

2-3 yrs

Size

Tiny

Diet

Omnivore

Activity

Nocturnal

Social

Colony

Biome

Temperate forest

Range

Western Europe

Movement

Walking

Breeding

Live Birth

Defense

Armor

Status

Common

About

This crustacean lives in damp soil and rotting wood across coastal regions. It breathes through gills located on its belly that must stay wet to function.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   juvenile

   A juvenile crustacean takes adult form after its larval phase, growing in stages between molts.
2. 2.
   adult

   Fully grown at adult size and full hard shell.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Isopoda

Family

Porcellionidae

Genus

Porcellio