Porcellionides pruinosus

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Porcellionides pruinosus
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Family: Porcellionidae
Genus: Porcellionides
Species:
P. pruinosus
Binomial name
Porcellionides pruinosus
(Brandt, 1833) [1]

Porcellionides pruinosus is a cosmopolitan woodlouse that is native to Europe,[2] and is suspected to consist of very closely related species. Ten subspecies are recognised.[1] The species carries Wolbachia endosymbionts, which is an alpha-proteobacterium that is known to modify the reproduction of their crustacean hosts by inducing cytoplasmic incompatibility or feminisation.[3]

See also

Porcellionides pruinosus as a pet

Since it is easy to keep, the species is bred as a food source for pets or as a pet itself. There are now numerous color forms such as "Orange", "Powder Orange", "White Out", "Oreo Crumble", "Red Koi" and "Powder Blue", although this is the nominate form. Some cultivated forms are traded for high prices by breeders.

References

  1. ^ a b "Porcellionides pruinosus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
  2. ^ "European distribution". Fauna Europaea. 2.6.2. August 29, 2013. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
  3. ^ Alice Michel-Salzat, Richard Cordaux & Didier Bouchon (2001). "Wolbachia diversity in the Porcellionides pruinosus complex of species (Crustacea: Oniscidea): evidence for host-dependent patterns of infection". Heredity. 87 (4): 428–434. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2540.2001.00920.x. PMID 11737290.

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