WoRMS taxon details
Asellus (Asellus) Geoffroy, 1762
249485 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:249485)
accepted
Subgenus
- Species Asellus (Asellus) musashiensis Matsumoto, 1961
- Species Asellus (Asellus) shikokuensis Matsumoto, 1960
- Species Asellus (Asellus) infirmus Birstein, 1936 accepted as Proasellus infirmus (Birstein, 1936) (basionym)
- Species Asellus (Asellus) aquaticus (Linnaeus, 1758) represented as Asellus (Asellus) aquaticus aquaticus Linnaeus, 1758
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Asellus Geoffroy, 1762) Geoffroy, E.L. (1762). Histoire Abregée des Insectes qui se Trouvent aux Environs de Paris; dans Laquelle ces Animaux sont Rangés Suivant un Ordre méthodique. [Abridged History of the Insects Found in the Environs of Paris; in Which These Animals Are Arranged in a Methodical Order.]. <em>Paris: Durand.</em> 2: 1-690, pls. 11-22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14716488 [details]
Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Asellus (Asellus) Geoffroy, 1762. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=249485 on 2025-03-26
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Asellus Geoffroy, 1762) Geoffroy, E.L. (1762). Histoire Abregée des Insectes qui se Trouvent aux Environs de Paris; dans Laquelle ces Animaux sont Rangés Suivant un Ordre méthodique. [Abridged History of the Insects Found in the Environs of Paris; in Which These Animals Are Arranged in a Methodical Order.]. <em>Paris: Durand.</em> 2: 1-690, pls. 11-22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14716488 [details]
basis of record Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25]. [details]
basis of record Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25]. [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Sidorov, D. and Prevorčnik, S. (2016). A review of the genus Asellus E.L. Geoffery, 1762 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellidae) from the Asian part of Russia, with description of plesiomorphic A. turaniacus sp.n. <em>Arthropoda Selecta.</em> 25(2): 157-169.
note: Key to Russian species [details]
note: Key to Russian species [details]
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