Asellus

Asellus
Asellus aquaticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Asellidae
Genus: Asellus
Geoffroy, 1762
Type species
Oniscus aquaticus
Linnaeus, 1758

Asellus is a genus of isopod crustaceans in the family Asellidae. It contains the following species:[1]

  • Asellus alaskensis Bowman & Holmquist, 1975
  • Asellus amamiensis Matsumoto, 1961
  • Asellus aquaticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Asellus balcanicus Karaman, 1952
  • Asellus dybowskii Semenkevich, 1924
  • Asellus birsteini Levanidov, 1976
  • Asellus epimeralis Birstein, 1947
  • Asellus ezoensis Matsumoto, 1962
  • Asellus hilgendorfii Bovallius, 1886
  • Asellus hyugaensis Matsumoto, 1960
  • Asellus kumaensis Matsumoto, 1960
  • Asellus latifrons Birstein, 1947
  • Asellus levanidovorum Henri & Magniez
  • Asellus monticola Birstein, 1932
  • Asellus musashiensis Matsumoto, 1961
  • Asellus primoryensis Henry & Magniez, 1993
  • Asellus shikokuensis Matsumoto, 1960
  • Asellus tamaensis

References

  1. ^ Marilyn Schotte (2011). "Asellus Geoffroy, 1762". In M. Schotte, C. B. Boyko, N. L. Bruce, G. C. B. Poore, S. Taiti & G. D. F. Wilson. World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148666. Retrieved April 20, 2011.