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

Asellus Geoffroy, 1762

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

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Asellus (Asellus) Geoffroy, 1762

Literature

original description	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.]. Paris: Durand. 2: 1-690, pls. 11-22.
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. Asellus Geoffroy, 1762. 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:148666

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Asellus Geoffroy, 1762. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/3a16289e-09d1-4f87-b278-c1e621b1b7a9