Tylos (crustacean) explained

Tylos is a genus of woodlice in the family Tylidae. There are at least 20 described species in Tylos. All the species in this family can roll up into a perfect ball and live on sandy beaches.^[1]

Species

These 27 species belong to the genus Tylos:

• Tylos africanus Ferrara, 1974

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• Tylos albidus Budde-Lund, 1879

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• Tylos australis Lewis & Bishop, 1990

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• Tylos capensis Krauss, 1843

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• Tylos chilensis Schultz, 1983

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• Tylos cilicius Verhoeff, 1941

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• Tylos europaeus Arcangeli, 1938

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• Tylos exiguus Stebbing, 1910

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• Tylos granulatus Krauss, 1843

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• Tylos granuliferus Budde-Lund, 1885

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• Tylos latreillei Audouin, 1826

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• Tylos madeirae Arcangeli, 1938

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• Tylos maindroni Giordani Soika, 1954

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• Tylos maindronii Soika, 1954

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• Tylos marcuzzii Soika, 1954

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• Tylos minor Dollfus, 1893

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• Tylos neozelanicus Chilton, 1901

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• Tylos niveus Budde-Lund, 1885

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• Tylos nudulus Budde-Lund, 1906

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• Tylos ochri Roman, 1977

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• Tylos opercularis Budde-Lund, 1885

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• Tylos ponticus Grebnitsky, 1874

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• Tylos punctatus Holmes & Gay, 1909

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• Tylos sardous Arcangeli, 1938

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• Tylos spinulosus Dana, 1853

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• Tylos tantabiddy Lewis, 1991

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• Tylos wegeneri Vandel, 1952

^{i c g}Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Notes and References

1. Schmalfuss . Helmut . Vergara . Katy . amp . 31 August 2000 . The isopod genus Tylos (Oniscidea: Tylidae) in Chile, with bibliographies of all described species of the genus . Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde . Serie A (Biologie) . 612 . 1–42.