List of Species in the Isopod Hobby

Agnaridae^[1]

Species	Endemic to	Originator	CBB available?	EoL ID	GBIF taxon ID	iNat taxon ID	Notes
Agnara madagascariensis	Thailand		Yes	311339	2204250
Agnara hispida				127753	2204244
Hemilepistus klugii	Iran		No	320342	2208989
Hemilepistus reaumurii	North Africa, Middle East		No	1022595	2208980	1267578	Only wild caught.
Hemilepistus schirasi	Iran		No	318774	2208985		Only wild caught. Active colonies unconfirmed.
Hemilepistus sp. "Desert Giant"	China		No				Active colonies unconfirmed.
Hemilepistus sp. "Light Brown"	China		No				Active colonies unconfirmed.
Lucasioides altaicus	Siberia, Russia	Philipp Byzov	Yes
Mongoloniscus nipponicus	Japan		Yes				Only wild caught. Active colonies unconfirmed.
Orthometopon planum	France						Only wild caught. Active colonies unconfirmed.
Protracheoniscus major			Yes
Protracheoniscus nogaicus	Russia		Yes
Protracheoniscus sp.							Active colonies unconfirmed.

Alloniscidae^[1]

Species	Endemic to	CBB available?	EoL ID	GBIF taxon ID	iNat taxon ID	Notes
Alloniscus perconvexus	US, CA	Yes	327805	2205270	261215
Alloniscus sp. 1						Only wild caught. Active colonies unconfirmed.
Alloniscus sp. 2

Armadillidae^[1]

Species	Endemic to	Originator	Year	CBB available?	EoL ID	GBIF taxon ID	iNat taxon ID	Notes
Acanthodillo sp.								Only wild caught.
Armadillo cf. almerius
Armadillo cf. albomarginatus								Only wild caught. Active colonies unconfirmed.
Armadillo hirsutus
cf. Armadillo intermixtus "Star Sky"								Identification uncertain.
Armadillo officinalis
Armadillo tuberculatus
Barnardillo barnardi
Bethalus sp.
Buddelundia sp. 1
Ctenorillo sp. "Guadeloupe"								Unconfirmed.
Ctenorillo guinensis
Ctenorillo sp. 1
Cubaris caerulea "Yellow Panda"								Identification uncertain
Cubaris "chiltoni" (sensu Vandel 1973)								Nomen praeoccupatum (Collinge, 1916)
Cubaris marmorata
Cubaris murina
Cubaris sp. "Amber Ducky"
Cubaris sp. "Amber Panda"
Cubaris sp. "Ammonia"
Cubaris sp. "Angry Monk"
Cubaris sp. "Apricot"
Cubaris sp. "Blue Pigeon"
Cubaris sp. "Blue Whale"
Cubaris sp. "Borneo"
Cubaris sp. "Bumblebee"
Cubaris sp. "Cappuccino"
Cubaris sp. "Caramel Creme"
Cubaris sp. "Cliff Ducky"
Cubaris sp. "Copper"
Cubaris sp. "Crystal Clear"
Cubaris sp. "Crystal Wall"
Cubaris sp. "Dark Phipun"
Cubaris sp. "Dwarf Ducky"
Cubaris sp. "Emerald"
Cubaris sp. "Emperor Bee"
Cubaris sp. "Firefly"
Cubaris sp. "Giant Mandarin"
Cubaris sp. "Giant Raichu"
Cubaris sp. "Goldfish"
Cubaris sp. "Green Laser"
Cubaris sp. "Happy Nun"
Cubaris sp. "Hippo"
Cubaris sp. "Hong Tiger"
Cubaris sp. "Iriomotensis"
Cubaris sp. "Ishigaki"
Cubaris sp. "Jupiter"
Cubaris sp. "Kayson Honey"
Cubaris sp. "Lemon Blue"
Cubaris sp. "Malaysian Red Head"
Cubaris sp. "Mandarin"
Cubaris sp. "Mango Sticky Rice"
Cubaris sp. "Martinique"
Cubaris sp. "Miyako"
Cubaris sp. "Opal"
Cubaris sp. "Orange Tiger Surat Thani"
Cubaris sp. "Pale Ducky"
Cubaris sp. "Panda King"
Cubaris sp. "Pak Chong"
Cubaris sp. "Piggy"
Cubaris sp. "Platin, Tung Song"
Cubaris sp. "Platinum"
Cubaris sp. "White Side, Cambodia"
Cubaris sp. "Purple Giant Mini"
Cubaris sp. "Purple Potato"
Cubaris sp. "Quartz"
Cubaris sp. "R13"
Cubaris sp. "Red Edge"
Cubaris sp. "Rubber Bee"
Cubaris sp. "Rubber Ducky"
Cubaris sp. "Sabah"
Cubaris sp. "Saffron Serpent"
Cubaris sp. "Salmon Orange"
Cubaris sp. "Salmon"
Cubaris sp. "Silver Ghost"
Cubaris sp. "Silver Tiger"
Cubaris sp. "Snow Bee"
Cubaris sp. "Stingray"
Cubaris sp. "Storm Trooper"
Cubaris sp. "Sun Tiger"
Cubaris sp. "White Angel"
Cubaris sp. "White Ducky"
Cubaris sp. "White Shark"
Cubaris sp. "White Tiger"								Identification uncertain.
Cubaris sp. "Yellow Tiger"
Cubaroides sp.								Only wild caught. Active colonies unconfirmed.
Dryadillo sp. "Dream"
Dryadillo maculatus
Dryadillo sp.
Filippinodillo sp. 1
Filippinodillo sp. 2								Identification incorrect.
Filippinodillo sp. 3
Filippinodillo sp. "Baguio Marbled Giant"
Filippinodillo sp. "Benguet Spike"								Identification incorrect. Only wild caught. Active colonies unconfirmed.
Hybodillo ishii
Hybodillo sp.
Laureola bivomer								Only wild caught. Active colonies unconfirmed.
Laureola silvatica
Laureola leucocephala								Only wild caught. Active colonies unconfirmed.
Laureola rubicunda								Only wild caught. Active colonies unconfirmed.
Laureola sp. "Ivory Spiky"
Laureola sp. "White Skull Spiky"
Laureola sp. "White Stripe Spiky"
Merulana translucida
Merulana bicarinata
cf. Nesodillo arcangelii "Shiro Utsuri"								Identification uncertain.
Parakermania longa
Pseudodiploexochus sp. 1
Pyrgoniscus sp. 1								Active colonies unconfirmed.
Reductoniscus costulatus
Reductoniscus tuberculatus
Sinodillo sp. "China"
Sinodillo sp. "Vietnam"
Sinodillo sp. 1
Spherillo grossus
Spherillo obscurus
Spherillo raffaelei
Spherillo sp. 1
Spherillo sp. 2
Spherillo sp. "Kagahoso"
Troglodillo sp. 1
Troglodillo sp. "Camouflage"
Troglodillo sp. "Cave Ducky"								Identification uncertain.
Troglodillo sp. "Green Spot"
Troglodillo sp. "Purple Giant"
Troglodillo sp. "Round Tail"
Troglodillo sp. "Scarlet Tiger"
Troglodillo sp. "Shadow"								Active colonies unconfirmed.
Troglodillo sp. "Soil"
Troglodillo sp. "Yellow Dust"
Venezillo arizonicus
Venezillo aff. arizonicus
Venezillo canariensis
Venezillo parvus
Venezillo pisum
Armadillidae sp. 1
Armadillidae sp. 2								Active colonies unconfirmed.
Armadillidae sp. "Guadeloupe”
Merulanella sp. "Ember Bee"								Identification incorrect.
Merulanella sp. "Fire Wing"								Identification incorrect.
Merulanella sp. "Lava"								Identification incorrect.
Merulanella sp. "Mayalanka"								Identification incorrect.
Merulanella sp. "Milky Edge"								Identification incorrect.
Merulanella sp. "Phoenix"								Identification incorrect.
Merulanella sp. "Pink Lambo"								Identification incorrect.
Merulanella sp. "Quadzcolor"								Identification incorrect.
Merulanella sp. "Red Diablo"								Identification incorrect.

Armadillidiidae^[1]

Species	Endemic to	Originator	Year	CBB available?	EoL ID	GBIF taxon ID	iNat taxon ID	Notes
Armadillidium alassiense
Armadillidium album
Armadillidium ameglioi
Armadillidium apenninorum
Armadillidium cf. apfelbecki
Armadillidium arcangelii
Armadillidium assimile
Armadillidium badium
Armadillidium carniolense
Armadillidium corcyraeum
Armadillidium depressum
Armadillidium cf. espanyoli								Identification uncertain.
Armadillidium flavoscutatum
Armadillidium frontetriangulum
Armadillidium furcatum
Armadillidium germanicum
Armadillidium gestroi
Armadillidium granulatum
Armadillidium ibericum
Armadillidium cf. insulanum "Orange Stripe"								Identification uncertain.
Armadillidium klugii
Armadillidium maculatum
Armadillidium marinensium
Armadillidium nasatum
Armadillidium odhneri
Armadillidium omblae
Armadillidium opacum
Armadillidium pallasii
Armadillidium peraccae
Armadillidium pictum
Armadillidium ponalense
Armadillidium pretusi								Active colonies unconfirmed.
Armadillidium pulchellum
Armadillidium ruffoi
Armadillidium savonense
Armadillidium scaberrimum
Armadillidium serratum
Armadillidium simoni
Armadillidium sordidum
Armadillidium stagnoense
Armadillidium cf. tirolense
Armadillidium cf. tunisiense
Armadillidium vallombrosae
Armadillidium versicolor
Armadillidium vulgare
Armadillidium werneri
Armadillidium sp. "Croatian Marble"
Armadillidium sp. "Split"
Cristarmadillidium breuili
Cristarmadillidium muricatum
Echinarmadillidium fruxgalii
Eluma caelata
Eluma tuberculata
Eluma sp. 1
Schizidium rausi
Schizidium reinoehli
Schizidium sp. 1
Schizidium sp. 2								Active colonies unconfirmed.
Trichodillidium pubescens

Balloniscidae

No species in this family is currently confirmed to be in the isopod hobby.

Bathytropidae

No species in this family is currently confirmed to be in the isopod hobby.

Berytoniscidae

No species in this family is currently confirmed to be in the isopod hobby.

Bisilvestriidae

No species in this family is currently confirmed to be in the isopod hobby.

Cylisticidae^[1]

Species	Endemic to	Originator	Year	CBB available?	EoL ID	GBIF taxon ID	iNat taxon ID	Notes
Cylisticoides cf. angulatus
Cylisticus convexus
Cylisticus sp. "Russia, Taman"
Cylisticidae sp. "Russia, Caucasus"
Cylisticidae sp. 1
Parcylisticus sp. "Russia, Dagestan"
Parcylisticus sp. "Russia, Volgograd"
Cylisticus sp. 2
Cylisticus sp. 3

Delatorreiidae^[1]

Species	Endemic to	Originator	Year
Pseudarmadillo spinosus	Sancti Spíritus, Cuba		2020
Pseudarmadillo gillianus	Isla de la Juventud, Cuba	Ben Quintana	2022
Pseudarmadillo vansicklei	Santiago de Cuba, Cuba	Ben Quintana	2022
Pseudarmadillo sp. 2	Cuba	Ben Quintana	2022

Detonidae^[1]

Species	Endemic to	Originator	Year	CBB available?	EoL ID	GBIF taxon ID	iNat taxon ID	Notes
Deto echinata								Active colonies unconfirmed.

Dubioniscidae

No species in this family is currently confirmed to be in the isopod hobby.

Eubelidae^[1]

Species	Endemic to	Originator	Year	CBB available?	EoL ID	GBIF taxon ID	iNat taxon ID	Notes
Venezillo sp. "Kamerun"								Identification incorrect. Identification uncertain.
Mesarmadillo sp. "Nigeria"
Periscyphis sp. 1 "Hallaniyat Island, Oman"
Periscyphis sp. 2 "Hallaniyat Island, Oman"
Periscyphis sp. "Oman"
Saidjahus guttatus
Xeroniscus sp. "Dhofar, Oman"
Xeroniscus sp. "Al Wusta"

Halophilosciidae

No species in this family is currently confirmed to be in the isopod hobby.

Hekelida

No species in this family is currently confirmed to be in the isopod hobby.

Irmaosidae

No species in this family is currently confirmed to be in the isopod hobby.

Ligiidae^[1]

Species	Endemic to	CBB available?	EoL ID	GBIF taxon ID	iNat taxon ID	Notes
Ligia exotica	Europe	No	318763	5175654	121743	Only wild caught.
Ligia italica	Italy
Ligia oceanica	Europe
Ligia pallasii	North America					Only wild caught. No active colonies.
Ligidium cavaticum^[2]	Krasnodar Krai, Russia
Ligidium elrodii	United States
Ligidium germanicum	Germany, Austria
Ligidium hypnorum	Europe, Russia

Mesoniscidae

No species in this family is currently confirmed to be in the isopod hobby.

Olibrinidae

No species in this family is currently confirmed to be in the isopod hobby.

Oniscidae^[1]

Species	Endemic to	Originator	Year	CBB available?	EoL ID	GBIF taxon ID	iNat taxon ID	Notes
Exalloniscus sp. 1
Oniscus asellus
Oniscus lusitanus

Paraplatyarthridae

No species in this family is currently confirmed to be in the isopod hobby.

Philosciidae^[1]

Species	Endemic to	Originator	Year	CBB available?	EoL ID	GBIF taxon ID	iNat taxon ID	Notes
Atlantoscia floridana
Australophiloscia societatis
Chaetophiloscia sicula
Philoscia muscorum

Platyarthridae^[1]

Species	Endemic to	Originator	Year	CBB available?	EoL ID	GBIF taxon ID	iNat taxon ID	Notes
Niambia capensis
Niambia sp. 1
Platyarthrus schoebli
Platyarthrus aff. schoebli
Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii
Platyarthrus aiasensis
Trichorhina tomentosa

Porcellionidae^[1]

Species	Endemic to	Originator	Year	CBB available?	EoL ID	GBIF taxon ID	iNat taxon ID	Notes
Agabiformius lentus
Leptotrichus panzerii
Leptotrichus sp.
Lucasius andalusicus
Lucasius pallidus
Porcellio albinus
Porcellio alticola
Porcellio bolivari
Porcellio cilicius
Porcellio curti
Porcellio dilatatus
Porcellio duboscqui
Porcellio echinatus
Porcellio evansi
Porcellio expansus
Porcellio flavocinctus
Porcellio flavomarginatus
Porcellio haasi
Porcellio hoffmannseggii
Porcellio incanus
Porcellio laevis
Porcellio cf. laevis
Porcellio lamellatus
Porcellio lepineyi
Porcellio magnificus
Porcellio montanus
Porcellio monticola
Porcellio nicklesi
Porcellio obsoletus
Porcellio ornatus
Porcellio ovalis
Porcellio pseudornatus
Porcellio scaber
Porcellio silvestrii
Porcellio spatulatus
Porcellio spinicornis
Porcellio spinipennis
Porcellio spinipes
Porcellio succinctus
Porcellio violaceus
Porcellio wagneri
Porcellio werneri
Porcellio sp. 2
Porcellio sp. "Green Galaxy"
Porcellio sp. 4
Porcellio sp. 5
Porcellio sp. "Red Skirt"
Porcellio sp. "Spiky Canare"
Thermocellio sp. 1
Thermocellio sp. 2
Porcellionides pruinosus (complex)
Porcellionides sexfasciatus
Porcellionides cingendus
Porcellionides virgatus
Porcellionides myrmecophilus
Proporcellio vulcanius
Proporcellio sp.

Pudeoniscidae

No species in this family is currently confirmed to be in the isopod hobby.

Rhyscotidae^[1]

Species	Endemic to	Originator	Year	CBB available?	EoL ID	GBIF taxon ID	iNat taxon ID	Notes
Rhyscotus texensis								Identification incorrect. Highly invasive species Chaetophiloscia sicula.
Rhyscotidae sp.

Scleropactidae^[1]

Species	Endemic to	Originator	Year	CBB available?	EoL ID	GBIF taxon ID	iNat taxon ID	Notes
Adinda sp. "Fire Ember"
Protoradjia insularis
Protoradjia jacobsoni								Active colonies unconfirmed.

Scyphacidae

No species in this family is currently confirmed to be in the isopod hobby.

Spelaeoniscidae

No species in this family is currently confirmed to be in the isopod hobby.

Stenoniscidae^[1]

Species	Endemic to	Originator	Year	CBB available?	EoL ID	GBIF taxon ID	iNat taxon ID	Notes
Stenoniscus nestori								Only wild caught. Active colonies unconfirmed.

Styloniscidae

Species	Endemic to	Originator	Year	CBB available?	EoL ID	GBIF taxon ID	iNat taxon ID	Notes
Trogloniscus cavernicolus								Only wild caught. Active colonies unconfirmed.

Tendosphaeridae

No species in this family is currently confirmed to be in the isopod hobby.

Trachelipodidae^[1]

Species	Endemic to	Originator	Year	CBB available?	EoL ID	GBIF taxon ID	iNat taxon ID	Notes
Nagurus cristatus
Nagurus nanus
Porcellium collicola								Only wild caught. Active colonies unconfirmed.
Trachelipus caucasius
Trachelipus kervillei
Trachelipus nodulosus
Trachelipus rathkii
Trachelipus ratzeburgii
Trachelipus rhinoceros
Trachelipus semiproiectus
Trachelipus trilobatus
Trachelipus utrishensis
Trachelipus sp.

Trichoniscidae^[1]

Species	Endemic to	Originator	Year	CBB available?	EoL ID	GBIF taxon ID	iNat taxon ID	Notes
Androniscus dentiger
Brackenridgia heroldi
Caucasocyphoniscus taitii
Haplophthalmus danicus
Hyloniscus riparius
Miktoniscus medcofi
Trichoniscoides sp. "Gültstein Nuclear Orange"
Trichoniscus pusillus (complex)
Trichoniscus pygmaeus

Turanoniscidae

No species in this family is currently confirmed to be in the isopod hobby.

Tylidae^[1]

Species	Endemic to	CBB available?	EoL ID	GBIF taxon ID	iNat taxon ID	Notes
Helleria brevicornis	Italy, France	Yes	324052	2205089	779774	One of the largest oniscideans that is available captibe-bred.
Tylos granulatus			318886	2205118	469056	Unconfirmed.
Tylos ponticus			318879	2205092	904651	Identification uncertain.
Tylos niveus			1039816	2205101	296055	Identification uncertain.

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↑ ^1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 ^1.12 ^1.13 ^1.14 ^1.15 ^1.16 ^1.17 ^1.18 Jones, Nathan, et al. List of Species in the Isopod Hobby, 19 Jan. 2023.
↑ "I have just received them and this [is] the second true troglobiont species in my collection" (March 20, 2023).

[blastcat-1] 1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 ^1.12 ^1.13 ^1.14 ^1.15 ^1.16 ^1.17 ^1.18 Jones, Nathan, et al. List of Species in the Isopod Hobby, 19 Jan. 2023.

[2] "I have just received them and this [is] the second true troglobiont species in my collection" (March 20, 2023).

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List of Species in the Isopod Hobby

Agnaridae[1]

Alloniscidae[1]

Armadillidae[1]

Armadillidiidae[1]

Balloniscidae

Bathytropidae

Berytoniscidae

Bisilvestriidae

Cylisticidae[1]

Delatorreiidae[1]

Detonidae[1]

Dubioniscidae

Eubelidae[1]

Halophilosciidae

Hekelida

Irmaosidae

Ligiidae[1]

Mesoniscidae

Olibrinidae

Oniscidae[1]

Paraplatyarthridae

Philosciidae[1]

Platyarthridae[1]

Porcellionidae[1]

Pudeoniscidae

Rhyscotidae[1]

Scleropactidae[1]

Scyphacidae

Spelaeoniscidae

Stenoniscidae[1]

Styloniscidae

Tendosphaeridae

Trachelipodidae[1]

Trichoniscidae[1]

Turanoniscidae

Tylidae[1]

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Agnaridae^[1]

Alloniscidae^[1]

Armadillidae^[1]

Armadillidiidae^[1]

Cylisticidae^[1]

Delatorreiidae^[1]

Detonidae^[1]

Eubelidae^[1]

Ligiidae^[1]

Oniscidae^[1]

Philosciidae^[1]

Platyarthridae^[1]

Porcellionidae^[1]

Rhyscotidae^[1]

Scleropactidae^[1]

Stenoniscidae^[1]

Trachelipodidae^[1]

Trichoniscidae^[1]

Tylidae^[1]