Asellus

For other uses, see Asellus (disambiguation).

Asellus
Asellus aquaticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Isopoda
Family:	Asellidae
Genus:	Asellus Geoffroy, 1762
Type species
Oniscus aquaticus Linnaeus, 1758

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] [a]}

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. Schotte M, Boyko CB, Bruce NL, Poore GC, Taiti S, Wilson GD (eds.). "Asellus Geoffroy, 1762". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans Database. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 20 August 2023.
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 .
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.