MSBIAS taxon details
Asellus (Asellus) Geoffroy, 1762
249485 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:249485)
accepted
Subgenus
Asellus (Asellus) aquaticus (Linnaeus, 1758) represented as Asellus (Asellus) aquaticus aquaticus Linnaeus, 1758 (type by monotypy)
- Species Asellus (Asellus) aquaticus (Linnaeus, 1758) represented as Asellus (Asellus) aquaticus aquaticus Linnaeus, 1758
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(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.; Campos-Filho, I.S.; Hadfield, K.A.; Hughes, T.; 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: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025) Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=249485 on 2025-06-05
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Asellus (Asellus) Geoffroy, 1762. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=249485 on 2025-06-05
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(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]
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]
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 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]
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