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Atlantasellus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Isopoda
Suborder:	Microcerberidea
Family:	Atlantasellidae Sket, 1979
Genus:	Atlantasellus Sket, 1979
Species
Atlantasellus cavernicolus Sket, 1979 Atlantasellus dominicanus Jaume, 2001

Atlantasellus is a genus of crustaceans, and the only member of the family Atlantasellidae. It contains these species:

• Atlantasellus cavernicolus is endemic to Bermuda and is included on the IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered.
• Atlantasellus dominicanus was described in 2001, having been collected in coastal karsts in the Dominican Republic.

References

1. "Atlantasellus Sket, 1979". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 29, 2011.
2. ^ "Atlantasellidae Sket, 1979". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 29, 2011.
3. Iliffe, T.M. (1996). "Atlantasellus cavernicolus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T2355A9435213. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T2355A9435213.en.
4. Damià Jaume (2001). "A new atlantasellid isopod (Asellota: Aselloidea) from the flooded coastal karst of the Dominican Republic (Hispaniola): evidence for an exopod on a thoracic limb and biogeographical implications". Journal of Zoology. 255 (2): 221–233. doi:10.1017/S0952836901001297.

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