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title: "Southern Pill Woodlouse"
description: "Armadillidium depressum — Weitere Tiere. Armadillidium depressum, the southern pill woodlouse is a large, relatively common British species of woodlouse characterized by its \"splayed\" appearance."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/southern-pill-woodlouse
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Southern Pill Woodlouse

> Armadillidium depressum — Weitere Tiere. Armadillidium depressum, the southern pill woodlouse is a large, relatively common British species of woodlouse characterized by its "splayed" appearance.

- Scientific name: *Armadillidium depressum*
- Category: `other` (Weitere Tiere)
- Habitats: `urban` (Stadt & Garten)
- iNaturalist observations: 2052
- Wikidata: [Q2331928](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2331928)
- iNaturalist taxon: [483807](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/483807)

## Names

- en: Southern Pill Woodlouse
- fr: Armadille déprimé

## Countries with the most observations

GB (1195), FR (504), IT (203), CH (14), IE (7), JE (6)

## Summary

Armadillidium depressum, the southern pill woodlouse is a large, relatively common British species of woodlouse characterized by its "splayed" appearance.

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

## Photo

![Southern Pill Woodlouse](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/southern-pill-woodlouse/medium.jpg)

Photo: regalis · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/206579803

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/southern-pill-woodlouse?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).