Armadillidae
Armadillidae (pill bugs; class Malacostraca, order Isopoda) Family of terrestrial pill bugs which have five pairs of tracheal gills and lack a water-transport system. All members of the family can roll up completely in response to disturbance or in the presence of predators.
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