Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Isopoda > Suborder Asellota > Superfamily Aselloidea

Asellidae Latreille, 1802

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Asellus Geoffroy, 1762
Bragasellus Henry & Magniez, 1968
Chthonasellus Argano & Messana, 1991
Gallasellus Henry & Magniez, 1977
Proasellus Dudich, 1925
Stygasellus Chappuis, 1943
Synasellus Braga, 1944

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Swedish: sötvattensgråsuggor

Literature

original description	Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp.
basis of record	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	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].

Genbank

Citation

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. Asellidae Latreille, 1802. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148665

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Asellidae Latreille, 1802. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/2ede8a45-f183-40e8-98d5-ebfa8c4bd906