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title: "Powder Blue Isopod"
description: "Porcellionides pruinosus — Other animals. Porcellionides pruinosus is a cosmopolitan and detrivorous woodlouse that is native to Europe, and is suspected to consist of very closely related species."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/powder-blue-isopod
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Powder Blue Isopod

> Porcellionides pruinosus — Other animals. Porcellionides pruinosus is a cosmopolitan and detrivorous woodlouse that is native to Europe, and is suspected to consist of very closely related species.

- Scientific name: *Porcellionides pruinosus*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `urban` (Towns & gardens)
- iNaturalist observations: 6510
- Wikidata: [Q2112139](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2112139)
- iNaturalist taxon: [126264](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/126264)

## Names

- en: Powder Blue Isopod
- es: Cochinilla europea
- fr: Porcellion à antennes annelées

## Countries with the most observations

ES (744), FR (421), IT (270), AU (240), US (236), GR (235), PT (205), IL (123), DE (92), AT (84), MX (81), GB (58)

## Summary

Porcellionides pruinosus is a cosmopolitan and detrivorous woodlouse that is native to Europe, and is suspected to consist of very closely related species. Ten subspecies are recognised. 
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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porcellionides_pruinosus

## Photo

![Powder Blue Isopod](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/powder-blue-isopod/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jacqueline Jeanne · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/114798255

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/powder-blue-isopod?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).