Biology:Anaspides

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Short description: Genus of crustaceans

Anaspides
Anaspides tasmaniae.jpg
Anaspides tasmaniae[1]
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Anaspidacea
Family: Anaspidesidae
Genus: Anaspides
Thomson, 1894

Anaspides is a genus of freshwater crustaceans in the family Anaspidesidae.[2] The genus was first described in 1894 by George Malcolm Thomson.[2][3] The genus was originally placed in the family, Anaspididae by Thomson,[4][5] but this genus name was preoccupied by the insect genus, Anaspis Geoffroy, 1762,[4] and therefore, in 2017, the family was renamed Anaspidesidae by Shane Ahyong and Miguel A. Alonso-Zarazaga.[4][6]

The genus is endemic to Tasmania.[7]

Species

WoRMS accepts 6 species in this genus:[2]

References

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q36858495 entry