Isopoda

Eurydice pulchra

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
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 suborders

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

Name

Isopoda Latreille, 1817

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. 
• Díaz, A.R., Álvarez, V.H.M. & 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. 

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
русский: Равноногие
Türkçe: Eşayaklılar
中文: 等足目

Links

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

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