Tylos (crustacean)
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Isopoda |
Suborder: | Oniscidea |
Family: | Tylidae |
Genus: | Tylos Audouin, 1826 |
Tylos is a genus of woodlice in the family Tylidae. There are at least 20 described species in Tylos.[1][2][3][4] All the species in this family can roll up into a perfect ball and live on sandy beaches.[5]
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Species
[edit]These 27 species belong to the genus Tylos:
- Tylos africanus Ferrara, 1974 i
- Tylos albidus Budde-Lund, 1879 i c g
- Tylos australis Lewis & Bishop, 1990 i c g
- Tylos capensis Krauss, 1843 i c g
- Tylos chilensis Schultz, 1983 i c g
- Tylos cilicius Verhoeff, 1941 i
- Tylos europaeus Arcangeli, 1938 i c g
- Tylos exiguus Stebbing, 1910 i c g
- Tylos granulatus Krauss, 1843 i c g
- Tylos granuliferus Budde-Lund, 1885 i c g
- Tylos latreillei Audouin, 1826 i g
- Tylos madeirae Arcangeli, 1938 c g
- Tylos maindroni Giordani Soika, 1954 c g
- Tylos maindronii Soika, 1954 i
- Tylos marcuzzii Soika, 1954 i c g
- Tylos minor Dollfus, 1893 i c g
- Tylos neozelanicus Chilton, 1901 i c g
- Tylos niveus Budde-Lund, 1885 i c g
- Tylos nudulus Budde-Lund, 1906 i c g
- Tylos ochri Roman, 1977 i
- Tylos opercularis Budde-Lund, 1885 i c g
- Tylos ponticus Grebnitsky, 1874 i c g
- Tylos punctatus Holmes & Gay, 1909 i c g b
- Tylos sardous Arcangeli, 1938 i
- Tylos spinulosus Dana, 1853 i c g
- Tylos tantabiddy Lewis, 1991 i c g
- Tylos wegeneri Vandel, 1952 i c g
Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Tylos". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
- ^ a b "Browse Tylos". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
- ^ a b "Tylos". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
- ^ a b "Tylos Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
- ^ Schmalfuss, Helmut & Vergara, Katy (31 August 2000). "The isopod genus Tylos (Oniscidea: Tylidae) in Chile, with bibliographies of all described species of the genus". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie). 612: 1–42.
External links
[edit]Media related to Tylos (Tylidae) at Wikimedia Commons