The broadly distributed woodlouse, Armadillidium vulgare is a common representative of mesic to mesic-xeric habitats. |
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Shaped vaguely like a woodlouse, these triungulinids, as they are called, are very active little fellows. |
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I also dreamt about a spider that metamorphosized into a rat, and then changed into a woodlouse! |
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The common woodlouse is not an insect, it is part of crustaceans such as lobsters. |
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The sea slater Ligia oceanica is another relative of the woodlouse, it lives in the splash zone on rocky shores and can grow surprisingly large, about 2.5 cm. |
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Glingbobs are part woodlouse, part bumble bee and live in decaying trees. |
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In addition, both the woodlouse and the crayfish possess an unpaired medial nerve which runs along the whole length of the ventral nerve cord, linking adjacent ganglia. |
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The gribble, a small marine creature resembling a woodlouse, is prized by scientists for its ability to break down wood cellulose into alcohol which it then uses for energy. |
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