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title: "Curly Woodlouse"
description: "Cylisticus convexus — Outros animais. Cylisticus convexus, the curly woodlouse, is a species of woodlouse in the family Cylisticidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/curly-woodlouse
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Curly Woodlouse

> Cylisticus convexus — Outros animais. Cylisticus convexus, the curly woodlouse, is a species of woodlouse in the family Cylisticidae.

- Scientific name: *Cylisticus convexus*
- Category: `other` (Outros animais)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 2582
- Wikidata: [Q2563281](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2563281)
- iNaturalist taxon: [130170](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/130170)

## Names

- en: Curly Woodlouse
- de: Urbane Landassel
- fr: Porcellion armadilloïde
- pl: Skuliczek gładki

## Countries with the most observations

US (1257), CA (423), RU (250), AT (96), DE (72), PL (58), FR (32), UA (27), HU (19), IS (19), CZ (18), FI (18)

## Summary

Cylisticus convexus, the curly woodlouse, is a species of woodlouse in the family Cylisticidae. This species was first described in 1778 by Charles De Geer.

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

## Photo

![Curly Woodlouse](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/curly-woodlouse/medium.jpg)

Photo: Scott Loarie · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/55650342

## Machine access

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