Asellota

Asellota

Asellota

Suborder of crustaceans

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]

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Classification

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

References

  1. [1]
    "Asellota". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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    J. K. Lowry (October 2, 1999). "Asellota". Crustacea, the Higher Taxa. Crustacea.net. Archived from the original on January 20, 2009. Retrieved January 29, 2009.
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    Richard Brusca, Vania R. Coelho and Stefano Taiti. "Suborder Asellota". Guide to the Coastal Marine Isopods of California. Retrieved January 28, 2009.
  4. [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. [5]
    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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-12. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
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    http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118369 WoRMS
  • Data related to Asellota at Wikispecies


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