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Zebra isopod

Armadillidium maculatum (Risso, 1816)

Status not recordedcrustaceans

The zebra isopod (Armadillidium maculatum) is a species in the family Armadillidiidae, order Isopoda.

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Quick facts about the zebra isopod

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the zebra isopod live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the zebra isopod as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Belgium

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the zebra isopod endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the zebra isopod classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderIsopoda
  5. familyArmadillidiidae
  6. genusArmadillidium
  7. SpeciesArmadillidium maculatum (Risso, 1816)

Synonyms Armadillidium trianguliferum, Armadillidium willii, Armadillo maculatus, Armadillo willii

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • Zebra pillbugEnglish
  • Armadille tachetéFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the zebra isopod

Other species in the same genus Armadillidium.

Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare)

Pillbug

Armadillidium vulgare

Armadillidiidae

Clown isopod

Armadillidium klugii

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the zebra isopod an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the zebra isopod as introduced in 1 country: Belgium, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the zebra isopod?

The zebra isopod (Armadillidium maculatum) belongs to the family Armadillidiidae in the order Isopoda.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Zebra isopod (Armadillidium maculatum). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/zebra-isopod

MLA

“Zebra isopod (Armadillidium maculatum).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/zebra-isopod.

BibTeX
@misc{zebra_isopod_2026,
  title = {Zebra isopod (Armadillidium maculatum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/zebra-isopod},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}