RAS taxon details
Asellota
- Superfamily Janiroidea G. O. Sars, 1897
- Superfamily Stenetrioidea Hansen, 1905
- Superfamily Asellota incertae sedis (temporary name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Latreille, P.A. (1802 - 1805). Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. Familles naturelles des genre. [Natural History, General and Particular, of Crustaceans and Insects. Natural Families of Genera.]. <em>Ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire Naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs Sociétés savantes. de L'imprimerie de F. Dufart, Paris.</em> 14 vols:413 pp., available online at http:// http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24884876 [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. Asellota. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=13794 on 2026-06-02
RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Asellota. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=13794 on 2026-06-02
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Latreille, P.A. (1802 - 1805). Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. Familles naturelles des genre. [Natural History, General and Particular, of Crustaceans and Insects. Natural Families of Genera.]. <em>Ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire Naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs Sociétés savantes. de L'imprimerie de F. Dufart, Paris.</em> 14 vols:413 pp., available online at http:// http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24884876 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Delgado, J. G. Z.; Conde, E. G. T.; Miranda, J. D. H. (2021). Lista sistemática de isópodos marinos del Perú, primer registro de" Isocladus bahamondei" Carvacho, 1997 (Crustacea, Peracarida) y aportes de su ecología para la costa peruana. <em>Revista de Investigaciones Marinas.</em> 41(2), 22-35. [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]
additional source Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. <em>Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA).</em> 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Douady, C. J.; Malard, F.; Coineau, N.; Francois, C.; Issartel, C.; Kim, J.; Konecny‐Dupré, L.; Lefebure, T.; Merrin, K. L.; Thomas Thorpe, J. A. (2026). Molecular evidence for the placement of Microcerberidae (Crustacea: Isopoda) within the suborder Asellota and Invalidity of the suborder Microcerberidea. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.70063 [details]
identification resource Wolff, T. (1962). The systematics and biology of bathyal and abyssal Isopoda Asellota. <em>Galathea Report.</em> 6: 7–320, pl. 1–19., available online at https://samlinger.snm.ku.dk/en/library/library-of-the-natural-history-museum-of-denmark/galathea-report-1957-2005/ [details]
identification resource Menzies, R. J. (1962). The isopods of abyssal depths in the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Vema Research Series.</em> 1: 79-206., available online at http://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/19789/19789.pdf [details] Available for editors
context source (PeRMS) Delgado, J. G. Z.; Conde, E. G. T.; Miranda, J. D. H. (2021). Lista sistemática de isópodos marinos del Perú, primer registro de" Isocladus bahamondei" Carvacho, 1997 (Crustacea, Peracarida) y aportes de su ecología para la costa peruana. <em>Revista de Investigaciones Marinas.</em> 41(2), 22-35. [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]
additional source Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. <em>Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA).</em> 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Douady, C. J.; Malard, F.; Coineau, N.; Francois, C.; Issartel, C.; Kim, J.; Konecny‐Dupré, L.; Lefebure, T.; Merrin, K. L.; Thomas Thorpe, J. A. (2026). Molecular evidence for the placement of Microcerberidae (Crustacea: Isopoda) within the suborder Asellota and Invalidity of the suborder Microcerberidea. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.70063 [details]
identification resource Wolff, T. (1962). The systematics and biology of bathyal and abyssal Isopoda Asellota. <em>Galathea Report.</em> 6: 7–320, pl. 1–19., available online at https://samlinger.snm.ku.dk/en/library/library-of-the-natural-history-museum-of-denmark/galathea-report-1957-2005/ [details]
identification resource Menzies, R. J. (1962). The isopods of abyssal depths in the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Vema Research Series.</em> 1: 79-206., available online at http://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/19789/19789.pdf [details] Available for editors
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