The Asellidae are a

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s, one of the largest families of

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isopods, living in both

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and

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habitats in North America and Europe.

Genera

The family includes 19

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Asellus ''Asellus'' is a genus of isopod crustaceans in the family Asellidae. Species ''Asellus'' is divided into three subgenera which contain the following species: ''Asellus (Asellus)'' Geoffroy, 1762 * ''Asellus amamiensis'' Matsumoto, 1961 * ''As ...

'' Geoffroy, 1762 * ''

Baicalasellus ''Baicalasellus'' is a genus of crustaceans in the family Asellidae The Asellidae are a family (biology), family of Isopoda, isopod crustaceans, one of the largest families of fresh water, freshwater isopods, living in both epigean and hypogea ...

'' Stammer, 1932 * ''

Bragasellus ''Bragasellus'' is a genus of crustaceans in the family Asellidae. It is endemic to Spain and Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the ...

'' Henry & Magniez, 1968 * ''

Caecidotea ''Caecidotea'' is a genus of crustaceans in the family Asellidae The Asellidae are a family (biology), family of Isopoda, isopod crustaceans, one of the largest families of fresh water, freshwater isopods, living in both epigean and hypogean h ...

'' Packard, 1871 * ''

Calasellus ''Calasellus'' is a genus of isopod crustaceans in the family Asellidae The Asellidae are a family (biology), family of Isopoda, isopod crustaceans, one of the largest families of fresh water, freshwater isopods, living in both epigean and hyp ...

'' Bowman, 1981 * '' Chthonasellus'' Argano & Messana, 1991 * '' Columbasellus'' Lewis, Martin & Wetzer, 2003 * '' Gallasellus'' Henry & Magniez, 1977 * '' Lirceolus'' Bowman & Longley, 1976 * ''

Lirceus ''Lirceus'' is a genus of Isopoda, isopod crustaceans in the family Asellidae that live in southern Canada and the eastern United States as far west as the Great Plains. Of the 15 species in the genus, two are listed as either endangered species, ...

'' Rafinesque, 1820 * '' Nipponasellus'' Matsumoto, 1962 * ''

Phreatoasellus ''Phreatoasellus'' is a genus of isopod crustaceans in the family Asellidae The Asellidae are a family (biology), family of Isopoda, isopod crustaceans, one of the largest families of fresh water, freshwater isopods, living in both epigean and ...

'' Matsumoto, 1962 * ''

Proasellus ''Proasellus'' is a genus of isopod crustaceans in the family Asellidae. Two of its species, ''P. parvulus'' and ''P. slovenicus'', are Slovenian endemics which are listed as vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List. It contains the following spe ...

'' Dudich, 1925 * ''

Remasellus ''Remasellus parvus'', the swimming Florida cave isopod, is an isopod endemic to 4 caves in the Ochlockonee and Aucilla- Suwanee drainages of Florida, United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S ...

'' Bowman & Sket, 1985 * '' Salmasellus'' Bowman, 1975 * '' Sibirasellus'' Henry & Magniez, 1993 * '' Stygasellus'' Chappuis, 1943 * ''

Synasellus ''Synasellus'' is a genus of isopod crustaceans in the family Asellidae The Asellidae are a family (biology), family of Isopoda, isopod crustaceans, one of the largest families of fresh water, freshwater isopods, living in both epigean and hyp ...

'' Braga, 1944 * '' Uenasellus'' Matsumoto, 1962

References

Asellota Freshwater crustaceans Isopod families Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque {{isopod-stub