Tylos (crustacean)

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Tylos
Tylos punctatus dorsal.jpg
Tylos punctatus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Family: Tylidae
Genus: Tylos
Latreille, 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]

Tylos punctatus

Species

These 27 species belong to the genus Tylos:

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Tylos Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  2. ^ a b "Browse Tylos". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  3. ^ a b "Tylos". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  4. ^ a b "Tylos Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  5. ^ Schmalfuss, Helmut; Vergara, Katy (31 August 2000). "The Isopod Genus Tylos (Oniscidea: Tylidae) in Chile, with Bibliographies of All Described Species of the Genus" (PDF). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A (Biologie) (612) – via Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart.

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