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Asellus brevicauda

Interesting Facts

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Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Protostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa () - A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Superphylum: Panarthropoda () - Cuvier
        Phylum: Arthropoda () - Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
        Subphylum: Mandibulata () - Snodgrass, 1938
        Infraphylum: Crustaceomorpha () - (Chernyshev, 1960)
        Superclass: Crustacea () - Pennant, 1777 - Crustaceans
        Epiclass: Eucrustacea ()
        Class: Malacostraca () - Latreille, 1802
        Subclass: Eumalacostraca () - Grobben, 1892
        Superorder: Peracarida () - Calman, 1904
        Order: Isopoda () - Latreille, 1817
        Suborder: Asellota () - Latreille, 1802
        Superfamily: Aselloidea () - (Latreille, 1802)
        Family: Asellidae () - Latreille, 1802
        Genus: Asellus () - Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1764
        Specific name: brevicauda
        Scientific name: - Asellus brevicauda

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Asellus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. canariensis (Persian Carpet Sole)

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Further Reading

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Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url , p. 423, p. 424.
Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History. Bloomington, Ill.: The Laboratory, 1876-1918. url p. 10.
Freshwater isopods (Asellidae) of North America, by W. D. Williams. [Washington, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1972. url p. 40.
Monographs on the Isopods of North America / by Harriet Richards. Washington: Govt. print. off., 1905. url p. 420, p. 423, p. xli.
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 759.
The cave fauna of North America, with remarks on the anatomy of the brain and origin of the blind species. Washington, National Academy of Sciences, 1888. url explanation of the plates , p. 150, p. 33, p. 34, fig. 7.
The subterranean crustacea of New Zealand; with some general remarks on the fauna of caves and wells. [London, Linnean Society]1893? url p. 178.

Notes

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2802406
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4036705

Last Revised: 2012-07-28