Asellidae
Encyclopedia
Asellidae is a family
of isopod
crustacean
s. It is one of the largest families of freshwater
isopods, living in both epigean and hypogean habitats in North America
and Europe
. The family includes the following genera
:
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of isopod
Isopoda
Isopods are an order of peracarid crustaceans, including familiar animals such as woodlice and pill bugs. The name Isopoda derives from the Greek roots and...
crustacean
Crustacean
Crustaceans form a very large group of arthropods, usually treated as a subphylum, which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles. The 50,000 described species range in size from Stygotantulus stocki at , to the Japanese spider crab with a leg span...
s. It is one of the largest families of freshwater
Fresh Water
Fresh Water is the debut album by Australian rock and blues singer Alison McCallum, released in 1972. Rare for an Australian artist at the time, it came in a gatefold sleeve...
isopods, living in both epigean and hypogean habitats in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
. The family includes the following genera
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
:
- AsellusAsellusAsellus may refer to:*Asellus , a genus of crustaceans*Gamma Cancri, a star also known as "Asellus Borealis"*Delta Cancri, a star also known as "Asellus Australis"...
Geoffroy, 1762 - Baicalasellus Stammer, 1932
- Bragasellus Henry & Magniez, 1968
- CaecidoteaCaecidoteaCaecidotea is a genus of crustacean in the family Asellidae. It contains the following species:*Caecidotea acuticarpa Mackin & Hubricht, 1940*Caecidotea adenta *Caecidotea alabamensis...
Packard, 1871 - Calasellus Bowman, 1981
- Chthonasellus Argano & Messana, 1991
- Columbasellus Lewis, Martin & Wetzer, 2003
- Gallasellus
- Lirceolus Bowman & Longley, 1976
- LirceusLirceusLirceus is a genus of isopod crustaceans in the family Asellidae that live in southern Canada and the eastern United States as far west as the Great Plains...
Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1820 - Mancasellus Harger, 1876
- Nipponasellus Matsumoto, 1962
- PhreatoasellusPhreatoasellusPhreatoasellus is a genus of isopod crustaceans in the family Asellidae. It contains the following species:* Phreatoasellus akyioshiensis * Phreatoasellus higoensis * Phreatoasellus iriei...
Matsumoto, 1962 - Phreatosasellus Matsomoto, 1962
- ProasellusProasellusProasellus is a genus of isopod crustaceans in the family Asellidae. Two of its species, P. parvulus and P. slovenicus, are Slovenian endemics which are listed as vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List.It contains the following species:...
Dudich, 1925 - Psammasellus Braga, 1968
- RemasellusRemasellusRemasellus parvus, the swimming Florida cave isopod, is an isopod endemic to "4 caves in the Ochlockonee and Aucilla-Suwanee drainages of Florida", United States. It is the only species in the genus Remasellus....
Bowman & Sket, 1985 - Salmasellus Bowman, 1975
- Sibirasellus Henry & Magniez, 1993
- Stygasellus Chappuis, 1943
- Synasellus Braga, 1944
- Uenasellus Matsumoto, 1962