Re: I can't seem to find the classification for a 'rollie pollie'.

Date: Fri Apr 16 12:03:21 1999
Posted By: Michael Onken, MadSci Admin
Area of science: Zoology
ID: 924135116.Zo

Message:

"Rolly-polly" is another name for the pill bug, any member of the genus Armadillidium, a small, terrestrial, isopod crustacean with a convex, segmented flexible shell (like an armadillo) that allows the pill bug to curl up into a ball (like a pill) when threatened.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Crustacea
Order: Isopoda
Genus: Armadillidium

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