Atlantasellus Explained

Atlantasellus is a genus of crustaceans, and the only member of the family Atlantasellidae. It contains these species:

• Atlantasellus cavernicolus is endemic to Bermuda and is included on the IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered.^[1]
• Atlantasellus dominicanus was described in 2001, having been collected in coastal karsts in the Dominican Republic.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Iliffe, T.M. . Atlantasellus cavernicolus . 1996 . e.T2355A9435213 . 1996 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T2355A9435213.en .
2. Damià Jaume . 2001 . . 255 . 2 . 221–233 . 10.1017/S0952836901001297 . A new atlantasellid isopod (Asellota: Aselloidea) from the flooded coastal karst of the Dominican Republic (Hispaniola): evidence for an exopod on a thoracic limb and biogeographical implications.