Asellidae

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Asellidae
Asellus aquaticus.jpg
Asellus aquaticus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Asellota
Superfamily: Aselloidea
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]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Asellidae Latreille, 1802". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved April 20, 2011.
  2. ^ "Asellidae". FreshwaterLife. December 14, 2006. Archived from the original on August 1, 2012.
  3. ^ 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.

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