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Armadillidiidae (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks, I hate it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Excuse me that's a trilobite

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Pill bugs in the family Armadillidiidae are able to form their bodies into a ball shape, in a process known as conglobation. Conglobation has evolved independently in several families; this behaviour is shared with pill millipedes (which are often confused with pill bugs),[8] armadillos, cuckoo wasps, and some extinct trilobites.

Look similar, but sounds like it developed separately.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Nah, he's just a little guy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Deep sea ones can get quite hefty.

still not a trilobite though

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

So a trilobit?