Invertebrates Flora Botanical gardens Civil societies Sri Lanka is an island close to the southern end of India with a tropical environment.
It is very complicated and difficult to summarize the exact number of species found within a certain region.
Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Isopoda Isopods also known as sowbugs, are crustaceans, that can be found throughout marine, freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems.
[2] The two terrestrial families of isopods, Trachelipidae and Porcellionidae have been studied by Ferrara and Argano.
According to them, three species of Trachelipidae and five of Porcellionidae are recorded from Sri Lanka.