ISOPODA Latreille, 1817
(woodlice, waterlice and sea slaters)

Interactions where ISOPODA is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
is endoparasitoid host of larva Melanophora roralis Smoky-winged Woodlouse-fly Diptera: Calliphoridae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Calliphoridae/Melanophora roralis/Melanophora roralissmoky-winged woodlouse-flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Malacostraca/Isopoda/Isopodawoodlice, waterlice and sea slaters larva is endoparasitoid of
is endoparasitoid host of larva Paykullia maculata Picture-winged Woodlouse-fly Diptera: Calliphoridae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Calliphoridae/Paykullia maculata/Paykullia maculatapicture-winged woodlouse-flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Malacostraca/Isopoda/Isopodawoodlice, waterlice and sea slaters larva is endoparasitoid of
is endoparasitoid host of larva Restricted Phyto discrepans Five-striped Woodlouse-fly Diptera: Calliphoridae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Calliphoridae/Phyto discrepans/Phyto discrepansfive-striped woodlouse-flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Malacostraca/Isopoda/Isopodawoodlice, waterlice and sea slatersSole larva is endoparasitoid of
is endoparasitoid host of larva Restricted Phyto melanocephala Three-striped Woodlouse-fly Diptera: Calliphoridae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Calliphoridae/Phyto melanocephala/Phyto melanocephalathree-striped woodlouse-flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Malacostraca/Isopoda/Isopodawoodlice, waterlice and sea slatersSole larva is endoparasitoid of
is endoparasitoid host of larva Restricted Rhinophora lepida Pouting Woodlouse-fly Diptera: Calliphoridae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Calliphoridae/Rhinophora lepida/Rhinophora lepidapouting woodlouse-flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Malacostraca/Isopoda/Isopodawoodlice, waterlice and sea slatersSole larva is endoparasitoid of
is endoparasitoid host of larva Restricted Stevenia atramentaria Black Woodlouse-fly Diptera: Calliphoridae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Calliphoridae/Stevenia atramentaria/Stevenia atramentariablack woodlouse-flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Malacostraca/Isopoda/Isopodawoodlice, waterlice and sea slatersSole larva is endoparasitoid of
is endoparasitoid host of larva Restricted Tricogena rubricosa Red-shinned Woodlouse-fly Diptera: Calliphoridae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Calliphoridae/Tricogena rubricosa/Tricogena rubricosared-shinned woodlouse-flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Malacostraca/Isopoda/Isopodawoodlice, waterlice and sea slatersSole larva is endoparasitoid of
is endoparasitised by larva Hymenolepis scalarisQuestionable a tapeworm Cyclophyllidea: Hymenolepididae Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
/Animalia/Platyhelminthes/Cestoda/Cyclophyllidea/Hymenolepididae/Hymenolepis scalaris/Hymenolepis scalarisa tapewormRecipient uncertainlarva Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Arthropoda/Malacostraca/Isopoda/Isopodawoodlice, waterlice and sea slaters larva endoparasitises

Author & YearTitleSource
Avery, R.A., 1974Identification of Animal ParasitesHulton Group Keys, 182pp, Hulton Educational Publications Ltd.
van Emden, F.I.,, 1954Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and CalliphoridaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 4(a), 133pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

ISOPODA (woodlice, waterlice and sea slaters) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Suborder 3 subtaxa 15 trophisms 1 references
Family 1 subtaxa 1 references
Suborder 22 subtaxa 33 trophisms 3 references
Suborder 3 subtaxa 3 trophisms
Superfamily 3 subtaxa 3 trophisms
Family 3 subtaxa 3 trophisms
Suborder 7 subtaxa 3 trophisms 4 references
Family 1 subtaxa 6 trophisms 1 references
Suborder 3 subtaxa 3 trophisms 1 references
Superfamily 3 subtaxa 3 trophisms 1 references
Family 3 subtaxa 3 trophisms 1 references
Suborder 2 subtaxa 2 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
OrderISOPODA (woodlice, waterlice and sea slaters)
SuperorderPERACARIDA (amphipods, woodlice, cumaceans etc.)
SubclassEUMALACOSTRACA (a subclass of crustaceans)
ClassMALACOSTRACA (crabs, lobsters, shrimps, prawns, woodlice etc.)
SubphylumCRUSTACEA (crustaceans)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ISOPODA (woodlice, waterlice and sea slaters)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Bate, C.S. & Westwood, J.O. 1863 *** A history of the British sessile-eyed Crustacea ***(Superseded) 507+536pp, Van Voorst
Sars, G.O. 1899 *** An account of the crustacea of Norway - Isopoda ***(Superseded) An account of the crustacea of Norway, Vol 2, 270+104 platespp, Bergen Museum
Vandel, A. 1960 *** Isopodes Terrestres (premiere partie) ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Vol 64, 419pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel

Freshwater/Cave Species

Knight, L. 2007 Cave Life in Britain Scientific Publications, 12pp, Freshwater Biological Association

Freshwater

Gledhill, T. & Wallace, I. 2010 Module 9: advanced identification of miscellaneous taxa including Crustacea https://www.fba.org.uk/identification-freshwater-invertebrates-species-level-distance-learning-course

Freshwater/Invasive Species

Dobson, M. 2013 Identifying Invasive Freshwater Shrimps and Isopods (Ed 2) Scientific Publications, 2nd edition, 32pp, Freshwater Biological Association
Dobson, M. 2012 *** Identifying Invasive Freshwater Shrimps and Isopods ***(Superseded) Scientific Publications, 29pp, Freshwater Biological Association

Marine Planktonic Stages

() Conway, D.V.P. 2015 Marine Zooplankton of southern Britain. Part 3: Ostracoda, Stomatopoda, Nebaliacea, Mysida, Amphipoda, Isopoda, Cumacea, Euphausiacea, Decapoda, Annelida, Tardigrada, Nematoda, Phoronida, Bryozoa, Entoprocta, Brachiopoda, Echinodermata, Chaetognatha, Hemichordata and Chordata Occasional Publications, No. 27, 272pp, Marine Biological Association

Marine

() Naylor, E. & Brandt, A. 2015 British Marine Isopods Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 3, Second edition, Field Studies Council
() Naylor, E. 1972 *** British Marine Isopods ***(Superseded) Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 3, 86pp, The Linnean Society of London
Norman, A.M. 1904 *** British Isopoda of the Families Aegidae, Cirolanidae, Idoteidae and Arcturidae ***(Superseded) Annals and Magazine of Natural History Ser 7, Vol xiv.

Marine/Plankton

Apstein, C. & Brandt, K.A.H. (eds) 1927 Crustacea Nordisches Plankton, 742pp, H. G. Bohn, London

Terrestrial

() Hopkin, S. 1991 A Key to the Woodlice of Britain & Ireland AIDGAP, 204, 650+16 colour platespp, Field Studies Council
Oliver, P.G. & Meechan, C.J. 1993 Woodlice: Keys and Notes for the Identification of the Species Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 49, 135pp, Field Studies Council
Savory, T.H. 1955 *** The World of Small Animals ***(Superseded) 160pp, University of London Press

ISOPODA (woodlice, waterlice and sea slaters) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Isopoda
Hadley, A. Micropics micropics.org.uk/index.htm
Harding, P.T. 1976 Provisional atlas of the crustacea of the British Isles. Part 1 Isopoda:Oniscoidea Woodlice 50pp, Biological Records Centre

Journals

British Isopod Study Group Isopoda Published for/by:British Isopod Study Group, Pensoft
British Myriapod and Isopod Group Bulletin of the British Myriapod and Isopod Group (BMIG Bulletin) Published for/by:British Myriapod and Isopod Group, Pensoft

Newsletters

British Myriapod and Isopod Group BMIG News - the British Myriapod and Isopod Group Newsletter Published for/by:British Myriapod and Isopod Group
British Myriapod and Isopod Group British Isopod Group Newsletter Published for/by:British Myriapod and Isopod Group

Terrestrial

Harding, P.T. & Sutton, S.L. 1985 Woodlice in Britain & Ireland: Distribution & Habitat 151pp, Institute of Terrestial Ecology
Hopkin, S 2003 Woodlice, Chiselbobs and Sow-bugs British Wildlife Vol 14, No 6: 381-387.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to ISOPODA (woodlice, waterlice and sea slaters):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 281 images of ISOPODA (woodlice, waterlice and sea slaters)
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