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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Peracarida
Ordo: Isopoda
Subordo: Asellota
Superfamilia: Aselloidea

Familia: Asellidae
Genera (22): AsellusBaicalasellusBragasellusCaecidoteaCalasellusChthonasellusColumbasellusGallasellusLirceolusLirceusMancasellusNipponasellusPhreatoasellusPhreatoasellusProasellusPsammasellusRemasellusSalmasellusSibirasellusStygasellusSynasellusUenasellus

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Check (3): Bowmanasellus – Mesoasellus – Oregonasellus
Name

Asellidae Latreille, 1802
Type genus: Asellus Geoffroy, 1762

Primary references

Latreille, P.A., (1802). Histoire naturelle générale et particuliere des Crustacés et des Insectes. Vol. 3, 467 pp.

The Asellidae are a family of isopod crustaceans, one of the largest families of freshwater isopods, living in both epigean and hypogean habitats in North America and Europe.[2] The family includes these genera:[3]

Asellus Geoffroy, 1762
Baicalasellus Stammer, 1932
Bragasellus Henry & Magniez, 1968
Caecidotea Packard, 1871
Calasellus Bowman, 1981
Chthonasellus Argano & Messana, 1991
Columbasellus Lewis, Martin & Wetzer, 2003
Gallasellus
Lirceolus Bowman & Longley, 1976
Lirceus Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1820
Mancasellus Harger, 1876
Nipponasellus Matsumoto, 1962
Phreatoasellus Matsumoto, 1962
Phreatosasellus Matsomoto, 1962
Proasellus Dudich, 1925
Psammasellus Braga, 1968
Remasellus Bowman & Sket, 1985
Salmasellus Bowman, 1975
Sibirasellus Henry & Magniez, 1993
Stygasellus Chappuis, 1943
Synasellus Braga, 1944
Uenasellus Matsumoto, 1962

References

"Asellidae Latreille, 1802". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved April 20, 2011.
"Asellidae". FreshwaterLife. December 14, 2006. Archived from the original on August 1, 2012.
Marilyn Schotte & George D. F. Wilson (2011). M. Schotte; C. B. Boyko; N. L. Bruce; G. C. B. Poore; S. Taiti & G. D. F. Wilson (eds.). "Asellidae". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved April 20, 2011.

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