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Beach Pill Woodlouse

Armadillidium album

Classification

Order
Isopoda

Armadillidium album, also known as the beach pill woodlouse, is a species of isopod within the family Armadillidiidae. The species is salt tolerant, inhabiting coastal sand dunes and saltmarshes within Europe. They can sometimes be found under driftwood or burrowed within grains of sand of which their colour pattern mimics.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United Kingdom · 90France · 70Netherlands · 61Spain · 25Italy · 4