Asellota

Asellota
Asellus aquaticus, Asellidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Subclass: Eumalacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Asellota
Latreille, 1802 [1]
Superfamilies

Aselloidea
Stenetrioidea
Janiroidea
Gnathostenetroidoidea

Asellota is a suborder of isopod crustaceans found in marine and freshwater environments.[2] Roughly one-quarter of all marine isopods belong to this suborder.[3] Members of this suborder are readily distinguished from other isopods by their complex copulatory apparatus. Other characteristics include six-jointed antennal peduncle, the styliform uropods (a character shared with some other isopod groups), the fusion of pleonites 5, 4 and sometimes 3 to the pleotelson, and absence of the first pleopod in females.[3][4]

Classification

The suborder Asellota comprises these families:[5] Some classifications also include the Microcerberidea within Asellota.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Asellota". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. ↑ J. K. Lowry (October 2, 1999). "Asellota". Crustacea, the Higher Taxa. Crustacea.net.
  3. 1 2 Richard Brusca, Vania R. Coelho and Stefano Taiti. "Suborder Asellota". Guide to the Coastal Marine Isopods of California. Retrieved January 28, 2009.
  4. ↑ George D. F. (Buz) Wilson. "Definition of the Asellota". University of Sydney. Archived from the original on June 23, 2005. Retrieved January 28, 2009.
  5. 1 2 J. W. Martin & G. E. Davis (2001). An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea (PDF). Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. pp. 132 pp.
  6. ↑ http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118369 WoRMS
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