Isopoda

Eurydice pulchra

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Mandibulata
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Peracarida
Ordo: Isopoda
Cladi: Asellota - Phreatoicidea - Scutocoxifera
Familia incertae sedis (1): †Urdidae
Genus incertae sedis (1): †Anhelkocephalon

Overview of subordines

Asellota - Calabozoidea - Cymothoida - Limnoriidea - Oniscidea - Phoratopidea - Phreatoicidea - Sphaeromatidea - Tainisopidea - Valvifera

Name

Isopoda Latreille, 1817

References

Primary references

• Latreille, P.A. 1816–1817. Les crustacés, les arachnides et les insectes. In: Cuvier, G. (ed.). Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Tome III. Deterville: Paris. xxix + 653 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Brusca, R.C., Wetzer, R. & France, S.C. 1995. Cirolanidae (Crustacea: Isopoda: Flabellifera) of the tropical eastern Pacific. Proceedings of the. San Diego Society of Natural History No. 30. PDF. BHL Reference page. 
• Díaz, A.R., Merlo Álvarez, V.H. & Damborenea, C. 2017. Type material housed in the Carcinological Collection of the Museo de La Plata, Argentina. Zootaxa 4303(1): 88–102. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4303.1.5. Reference page. 
• Hornung, E., Taiti, S. & Szlavecz, K. 2018. Preface – 10th ISTIB. Pp 1–3 In: Hornung, E., Taiti, S. & Szlavecz, K. (Eds.). Isopods in a Changing World. ZooKeys 801: 1–518. Reference page. . DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.801.31568 Reference page. 
• Al-Kandari, M.A., Khalaji-Pirbalouty, V., Abdulkhaliq, H. & Chen, W-Z. 2022. Diversity and distribution of the Isopoda (Crustacea, Peracarida) of Kuwait, with an updated checklist. ZooKeys 1080ː 107–133. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1080.71370 Reference page. 
• Nissen, B.D., Devitt, T.J., Bendik, N.F., Gluesenkamp, A.G. & Gibson, R. 2018. New occurrence records for stygobiontic invertebrates from the Edwards and Trinity aquifers in west-central Texas, USA. Subterranean Biology, 28: 1–13. DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.28.29282 Reference page. 
• Shultz, J.W. 2018. A guide to the identification of the terrestrial Isopoda of Maryland, U.S.A. (Crustacea). Pp 207–228 In: Hornung, E., Taiti, S. & Szlavecz, K. (Eds.). Isopods in a Changing World. ZooKeys 801: 1–518. Reference page. . DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.801.24146 Reference page. 
• Smrž, J., Kováč, Ĺ., Mikeš, J., Šustr, V., Lukešová, A., Tajovský, K., Nováková, A. & Režňáková, P. 2015. Food sources of selected terrestrial cave arthropods. Subterranean Biology, 16: 37–46. DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.16.8609 Reference page. 
• Stebbins, T.D. & Wetzer, R. 2023. Review and guide to the isopods (Crustacea, Isopoda) of littoral and sublittoral marine habitats in the Southern California Bight. Zookeys 1162ː 1–167. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1162.100390 Reference page. 
• Tuf, I.H., Tajovský, K. & Taiti, S. 2025. The Biology of Terrestrial Isopods, XII. ZooKeys 1225: 1–153. Reference page. 

Links

• Isopoda in the World List of Marine Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans

Vernacular names

• беларуская: Раўнаногія
• Deutsch: Asseln
• Ελληνικά: Ισόποδα
• English: Isopods, Pillbugs, Sowbugs, Woodlice
• suomi: Siirat
• français: Isopodes, Cloportes
• galego: Isópodos
• magyar: Ászkarákok
• Ido: Aselo
• 日本語: ワラジムシ目
• Nederlands: Pissebedden
• polski: Równonogi
• português: Isópodes
• русский: Равноногие
• Türkçe: Eşayaklılar
• 中文: 等足目

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