Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Isopoda > Suborder Oniscidea > Family Philosciidae > Genus Philoscia

Philoscia muscorum (Scopoli, 1763)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Oniscus Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Philoscia*	Latreille, 1804	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Oniscus muscorum*	Scopoli, 1763	objective synonym
*Oniscus sylvestris*	Fabricius, 1793	subjective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: lanbenet bænkebider sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: mospissebed sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: common striped woodlouse sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Common Striped Woodlouse

Literature

basis of record	Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley, and S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (135 publications)
Barcode of Life (24 barcodes)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Isopod Collection
GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Schotte, M. (2014). Philoscia muscorum (Scopoli, 1763). In: Schotte, M.; Boyko, C.B; Bruce, N.L.; Poore, G.C.B.; Taiti, S. & Wilson, G.D.F. (Eds) (2014) World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:258268

Dr Geoffrey Boxshall. Philoscia muscorum (Scopoli, 1763). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=218386