Asellidae
| Asellidae | |
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| Asellus aquaticus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Superorder: | Peracarida |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Asellota |
| Superfamily: | |
| Family: | Asellidae Latreille, 1802 [1] |
The Asellidae are a family of isopod crustaceans, one of the largest families of freshwater isopods, living in both epigean and hypogean habitats in North America and Europe.[2] The family includes these genera:[3]
- Asellus Geoffroy, 1762
- Baicalasellus Stammer, 1932
- Henry & Magniez, 1968
- Caecidotea Packard, 1871
- Bowman, 1981
- Argano & Messana, 1991
- Lewis, Martin & Wetzer, 2003
- Bowman & Longley, 1976
- Lirceus Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1820
- Harger, 1876
- Matsumoto, 1962
- Phreatoasellus Matsumoto, 1962
- Matsomoto, 1962
- Proasellus Dudich, 1925
- Braga, 1968
- Remasellus Bowman & Sket, 1985
- Bowman, 1975
- Henry & Magniez, 1993
- Chappuis, 1943
- Synasellus Braga, 1944
- Matsumoto, 1962
References[]
- ^ "Asellidae Latreille, 1802". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved April 20, 2011.
- ^ "Asellidae". FreshwaterLife. December 14, 2006. Archived from the original on August 1, 2012.
- ^ Marilyn Schotte & George D. F. Wilson (2011). M. Schotte; C. B. Boyko; N. L. Bruce; G. C. B. Poore; S. Taiti & G. D. F. Wilson (eds.). "Asellidae". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved April 20, 2011.
External links[]
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- Asellota
- Freshwater crustaceans
- Crustacean families
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