Asellus Explained

Asellus is a genus of isopod crustaceans in the family Asellidae.

Species

Asellus is divided into three subgenera which contain the following species:

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^[1]
• 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^[2]
• Asellus birsteini Levanidov, 1976
• Asellus latifrons Birstein, 1947

Asellus (Mesoasellus) Birstein, 1939

• Asellus dybowskii Semenkevich, 1924

Notes and References

1. 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 . 10.3897/subtbiol.42.79447 . free .
2. Bowman . Thomas E. . Holmquist . C. . 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 . 1975 . 88 . 59–72 .