Biology:Asellus

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Short description: Genus of crustaceans

Asellus
Asellus aquaticus.jpg
Asellus aquaticus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Isopoda
Family: Asellidae
Genus: Asellus
Geoffroy, 1762
Type species
Oniscus aquaticus

Asellus is a genus of isopod crustaceans in the family Asellidae.[1]

Species

Asellus is divided into three subgenera which contain the following species:[1][lower-alpha 1]

Asellus (Asellus) Geoffroy, 1762

  • Asellus amamiensis Matsumoto, 1961
  • Asellus aquaticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Asellus balcanicus Karaman, 1952
  • Asellus epimeralis Birstein, 1947
  • Asellus ezoensis Matsumoto, 1962
  • Asellus hyugaensis Matsumoto, 1960
  • Asellus ismailsezarii Malek-Hosseini, Jugovic, Fatemi & Douady, 2022[2]
  • Asellus kosswigi Verovnik, Prevorcnik & Jugovic, 2009
  • Asellus kumaensis Matsumoto, 1960
  • Asellus levanidovorum Henry & Magniez, 1995
  • Asellus monticola Birstein, 1932
  • Asellus musashiensis Matsumoto, 1961
  • Asellus primoryensis Henry & Magniez, 1993
  • Asellus shikokuensis Matsumoto, 1960
  • Asellus tamaensis Matsumoto, 1960
  • Asellus turanaicus Sidorov & Prevorčnik, 2016
  • Asellus hilgendorfii Bovallius, 1886

Asellus (Arctasellus) Henry & Magniez, 1995

  • Asellus alaskensis Bowman & Holmquist, 1975[3]
  • Asellus birsteini Levanidov, 1976
  • Asellus latifrons Birstein, 1947

Asellus (Mesoasellus) Birstein, 1939

  • Asellus dybowskii Semenkevich, 1924

Notes

  1. A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Asellus.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Asellus Geoffroy, 1762". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148666. 
  2. Malek-Hosseini, Mohammad Javad; Jugovic, Jure; Fatemi, Yaser; Kuntner, Matjaž; Kostanjšek, Rok; Douady, Christophe J.; Malard, Florian. "A new obligate groundwater species of Asellus (Isopoda, Asellidae) from Iran". Subterranean Biology 42: 97–124. doi:10.3897/subtbiol.42.79447. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.42.79447. 
  3. Bowman, Thomas E.; Holmquist, C. (1975). "Asellus (Asellus) alaskensis, n. sp., the first Alaskan Asellus, with remarks on its Asian affinities (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellidae)". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 88: 59–72. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/44170. 

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