Janiridae

Janiridae
Jaera albifrons
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Isopoda
Superfamily:	Janiroidea
Family:	Janiridae Sars, 1897

Janiridae is a family of isopods in the suborder Asellota. There are more than 20 genera in Janiridae. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Genera

These 22 genera belong to the family Janiridae: ^[4]

• Austrofilius Hodgson, 1910
• Caecianiropsis Menzies & Pettit, 1956
• Caecijaera Menzies, 1951
• Carpias Richardson, 1902
• Ectias Richardson, 1906
• Hawaianira Miller, 1967
• Heterias Richardson, 1904
• Iais Bovallius, 1886
• Ianiropsis G.O.Sars, 1897
• Iathrippa Bovallius, 1886
• Jaera Leach, 1814
• Janaira Moreira & Pires, 1977
• Janira Leach, 1814
• Janiralata Menzies, 1951
• Janthura Wolff, 1962
• Mackinia Matsumoto, 1956
• Microjaera Bocquet & Levi, 1955
• Microjanira Schiecke & Fresi, 1970
• Neojaera Nordenstam, 1933
• Protocharon Chappuis, Delamare Deboutteville & Paulian, 1956
• Rostrobagatus Müller, 1993
• Trogloianiropsis Jaume, 1995

References

1. "Janiridae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
2. "Janiridae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
3. "Family Janiridae information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
4. Schotte M, Boyko CB, Bruce NL, Poore GC, Taiti S, Wilson GD, eds. (2025). "Janiridae G. O. Sars, 1897". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans Database. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2025-04-17.

Further reading

• Leistikow, Andreas; Wägele, Johann Wolfgang (1999). "Checklist of the terrestrial isopods of the new world (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea)" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Biologia. 16 (2): 1–72. doi: 10.1590/S0101-81751999000100001 .
• Stebbing, Thomas Roscoe Rede (1893). A History of Crustacea: Recent Malacostraca. D. Appleton.
• Martin, Joel W.; Davis, George E. (2001). An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea (PDF). Science Series. Vol. 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. ISBN   978-1-891276-27-9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-29. Retrieved 2018-05-03.

External links

• Media related to Janiridae at Wikimedia Commons