Traits taxon details
Asellus (Asellus) Geoffroy, 1762
249485 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:249485)
accepted
Subgenus
Asellus (Asellus) aquaticus (Linnaeus, 1758) represented as Asellus (Asellus) aquaticus aquaticus Linnaeus, 1758 (type by monotypy)
- Species Asellus (Asellus) amamiensis Matsumoto, 1961
- Species Asellus (Asellus) balcanicus Karaman, 1952
- Species Asellus (Asellus) epimeralis Birstein, 1947
- Species Asellus (Asellus) ezoensis Matsumoto, 1962
- Species Asellus (Asellus) hyugaensis Matsumoto, 1960
- Species Asellus (Asellus) ismailsezarii Malek-Hosseini, Jugovic, Fatemi & Douady, 2022
- Species Asellus (Asellus) kosswigi Verovnik, Prevorcnik & Jugovic, 2009
- Species Asellus (Asellus) kumaensis Matsumoto, 1960
- Species Asellus (Asellus) levanidovorum Henry & Magniez, 1995
- Species Asellus (Asellus) monticola Birstein, 1932
- Species Asellus (Asellus) musashiensis Matsumoto, 1961
- Species Asellus (Asellus) primoryensis Henry & Magniez, 1993
- Species Asellus (Asellus) shikokuensis Matsumoto, 1960
- Species Asellus (Asellus) tamaensis Matsumoto, 1961
- Species Asellus (Asellus) turanaicus Sidorov & Prevorčnik, 2016
- Species Asellus (Asellus) aquaticus (Linnaeus, 1758) represented as Asellus (Asellus) aquaticus aquaticus Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Asellus (Asellus) hilgendorfii Bovallius, 1886 represented as Asellus (Asellus) hilgendorfii hilgendorfii Bovallius, 1886
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Asellus Geoffroy, 1762) Geoffroy, E.L. (1762). Histoire Abregée des Insectes qui se Trouvent aux Environs de Paris; dans Laquelle ces Animaux sont Rangés Suivant un Ordre méthodique. [Abridged History of the Insects Found in the Environs of Paris; in Which These Animals Are Arranged in a Methodical Order.]. <em>Paris: Durand.</em> 2: 1-690, pls. 11-22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14716488 [details]
Boyko, C.B.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Asellus (Asellus) Geoffroy, 1762. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=249485 on 2025-05-14
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Asellus (Asellus) Geoffroy, 1762. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=249485 on 2025-05-14
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(of Asellus Geoffroy, 1762) Geoffroy, E.L. (1762). Histoire Abregée des Insectes qui se Trouvent aux Environs de Paris; dans Laquelle ces Animaux sont Rangés Suivant un Ordre méthodique. [Abridged History of the Insects Found in the Environs of Paris; in Which These Animals Are Arranged in a Methodical Order.]. <em>Paris: Durand.</em> 2: 1-690, pls. 11-22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14716488 [details]
basis of record Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25]. [details]
identification resource Sidorov, D. and Prevorčnik, S. (2016). A review of the genus Asellus E.L. Geoffery, 1762 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellidae) from the Asian part of Russia, with description of plesiomorphic A. turaniacus sp.n. <em>Arthropoda Selecta.</em> 25(2): 157-169.
note: Key to Russian species [details]
basis of record Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25]. [details]
identification resource Sidorov, D. and Prevorčnik, S. (2016). A review of the genus Asellus E.L. Geoffery, 1762 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellidae) from the Asian part of Russia, with description of plesiomorphic A. turaniacus sp.n. <em>Arthropoda Selecta.</em> 25(2): 157-169.
note: Key to Russian species [details]
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