Overview
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Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 603 meters (0 to 1,978 feet).Mean = 14.250 meters (46.752 feet), Standard Deviation = 53.390 based on 7,149 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Biome: Freshwater
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- arthropods
- Class:
Malacostraca
()
- Order:
Isopoda
()
- Family:
Aselloidea
()
- Genus:
Asellus
()
- Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1764
- Specific name:
aquaticus
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Scientific name: - Asellus aquaticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Specific name:
aquaticus
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Genus:
Asellus
(
- Family:
Aselloidea
(
- Order:
Isopoda
(
- Class:
Malacostraca
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 08-Oct-2005
Similar Species
Members of the genus Asellus
There are approximately 44 species in this genus:
A. akyioshiensis · A. alaskensis · A. amamiensis · A. aquaticus · A. aquaticus abyssalis · A. aquaticus carniolicus · A. aquaticus cavernicola · A. aquaticus cavernicolus · A. aquaticus cyclobranchialis · A. aquaticus fribergensis · A. aquaticus infernus · A. aquaticus messerianus · A. arthrobranchialis occidentalis · A. bonensis · A. cavaticus · A. crypticus · A. dybowskii · A. epimeralis · A. ezoensis · A. foreli · A. groenlandicus · A. higoensis · A. hilgendorfii · A. holsingeri · A. hyugaensis · A. incisus · A. iriei · A. kumaensis · A. latifrons · A. meridionalis · A. minatoi · A. miurai · A. monticola · A. musashiensis · A. polychaetus dudichii · A. pricei · A. primoryensis · A. quicki · A. racovitzai racovitzai · A. shikokuensis · A. stephenseni · A. tamaensis · A. uenoi · A. yoshinoensis
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 17, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 8 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 17, 2007:
- Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
- Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem, GEO Biodiversity Day
- NLBIF, Limnodata
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5714421
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-92662
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13793461
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 92662
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1964
