Asellota
Asellota | |
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Asellus aquaticus, Asellidae | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Subclass: | Eumalacostraca |
Order: | Isopoda |
Suborder: | Asellota Latreille, 1802 [1] |
Superfamilies | |
Aselloidea |
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]
Janiroidea Sars, 1897
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Aselloidea Latreille, 1802
Stenetrioidea Hansen, 1905
Gnathostenetroidoidea Kussakin, 1967
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References
- ↑ "Asellota". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ↑ J. K. Lowry (October 2, 1999). "Asellota". Crustacea, the Higher Taxa. Crustacea.net.
- 1 2 Richard Brusca, Vania R. Coelho and Stefano Taiti. "Suborder Asellota". Guide to the Coastal Marine Isopods of California. Retrieved January 28, 2009.
- ↑ George D. F. (Buz) Wilson. "Definition of the Asellota". University of Sydney. Retrieved January 28, 2009.
- 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.
- ↑ http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118369 WoRMS
External links
Data related to Asellota at Wikispecies