Bed-jacket vs Isopod

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Porcellio dilatatus

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Isopod is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Isopod
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Malacostraca (Crustaceans)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Isopoda (Isopoda)
Family	Sapindaceae	Porcellionidae
Genus	Alectryon	Porcellio
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Porcellio dilatatus

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Isopod

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Isopod
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Isopod

Habitat

Typically found in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.