NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subgenus - Asellus (Asellus)
  Genus - Asellus
  Family - Asellidae
  Superfamily - Aselloidea
  Suborder - Asellota
  Order - Isopoda
  Superorder - Peracarida
  Subclass - Eumalacostraca
  Class - Malacostraca
  Subphylum - Crustacea
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Asellus aquaticus abyssalis
      Subspecies - Asellus aquaticus cavernicola
      Subspecies - Asellus aquaticus fribergensis
      Subspecies - Asellus aquaticus messerianus