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Asellota
Asellus aquaticus, Asellidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Isopoda
Suborder:	Asellota Latreille, 1802
Superfamilies
Aselloidea Stenetrioidea Janiroidea Gnathostenetroidoidea

Asellota is a suborder of isopod crustaceans found in marine and freshwater environments. Roughly one-quarter of all marine isopods belong to this suborder. 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.

Classification

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

References

1. "Asellota". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
2. 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.
3. ^ Richard Brusca, Vania R. Coelho and Stefano Taiti. "Suborder Asellota". Guide to the Coastal Marine Isopods of California. Retrieved January 28, 2009.
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. ^ 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.
6. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118369 WoRMS

External links

• Data related to Asellota at Wikispecies

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