The Asellidae are a family of isopod crustaceans,[1] one of the largest families of freshwater isopods, living in both epigean and hypogean habitats in North America and Europe.[3]
Asellidae | |
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Asellus aquaticus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Superorder: | Peracarida |
Order: | Isopoda |
Suborder: | Asellota |
Superfamily: | Aselloidea |
Family: | Asellidae Rafinesque, 1815[1] Latreille, 1802 [2] |
The family includes 19 genera:[1]