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Freshwater Isopods
Asellidae
The Asellidae are a family of isopod crustaceans, one of the largest families of freshwater isopods, living in both epigean and hypogean habitats in North America and Europe. The family includes these genera:
19 branches of this family, most-observed first
Eurasian Waterslaters
genusAsellus
American Waterslaters
genusConasellus
Flat Waterslaters
genusLirceus
American Waterslaters
genusCaecidotea
Proasellus
genusProasellus
Calasellus
genusCalasellus
Texas Caveslaters
genusLirceolus
Pseudobaicalasellus
genusPseudobaicalasellus
Salmon Caveslaters
genusSalmasellus
Sequoia Cave Isopods
genusBowmanasellus
Bragasellus
genusBragasellus
Phreatoasellus
genusPhreatoasellus
Nipponasellus
genusNipponasellus
Gallasellus
genusGallasellus
Stygasellus
genusStygasellus
Synasellus
genusSynasellus
Chthonasellus
genusChthonasellus
Uenasellus
genusUenasellus
Washington's Groundwater Isopods
genusColumbasellus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 85607.