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Woodlice have many common names and although often referred to as terrestrial isopods, ... (females) pairs of legs, while pill bugs only have 7 pairs of legs.
The following is a list of selected animals in order of increasing number of legs, from 0 legs to 653 pairs of legs, the maximum recorded in the animal kingdom. [1] Each entry provides the relevant taxa up to the rank of phylum. Each entry also provides the common name of the animal.
The woodlouse spider (Dysdera crocata) is a species of spider that preys primarily upon woodlice. Other common names refer to variations on the common name of its prey, including woodlouse hunter , sowbug hunter , sowbug killer , pillbug hunter and slater spider .
Porcellio scaber (otherwise known as the common rough woodlouse or simply rough woodlouse), is a species of woodlouse native to Europe but with a cosmopolitan distribution. They are often found in large numbers in most regions, with many species (shrews, centipedes, toads, spiders and even some birds) preying on them.
H. reaumuri at a burrow entrance. Hemilepistus reaumuri is approximately 22 millimetres (0.87 in) long, and 9–12 millimetres (0.35–0.47 in) wide. [4] In common with other woodlice, it has seven pairs of legs and a pair of conspicuous antennae. [5]
The common woodlouse is the most widespread species of woodlouse in the British Isles, both geographically and ecologically. [3] It is rare in the Mediterranean Basin, but is widespread in Northern and Western Europe, as far east as Ukraine, as well as in the Azores and Madeira; it has also been widely introduced in the Americas, [1] predominantly in Mexico and in the United States, east of ...
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How many legs does a woodlouse have? Currently Terrestrial locomotion#Number of legs claims they have 14. But crustacean seems to imply they are decapods with 10 legs. This woodlouse article should state the true number. --68.0.124.33 14:41, 1 July 2008 (UTC) 14 is correct.