| Tylos | |
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| Tylos punctatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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. All the species in this family can roll up into a perfect ball and live on sandy beaches.
Species
These 27 species belong to the genus Tylos:
- Tylos africanus Ferrara, 1974
- Tylos albidus Budde-Lund, 1879
- Tylos australis Lewis & Bishop, 1990
- Tylos capensis Krauss, 1843
- Tylos chilensis Schultz, 1983
- Tylos cilicius Verhoeff, 1941
- Tylos europaeus Arcangeli, 1938
- Tylos exiguus Stebbing, 1910
- Tylos granulatus Krauss, 1843
- Tylos granuliferus Budde-Lund, 1885
- Tylos latreillei Audouin, 1826
- Tylos madeirae Arcangeli, 1938
- Tylos maindroni Giordani Soika, 1954
- Tylos maindronii Soika, 1954
- Tylos marcuzzii Soika, 1954
- Tylos minor Dollfus, 1893
- Tylos neozelanicus Chilton, 1901
- Tylos niveus Budde-Lund, 1885
- Tylos nudulus Budde-Lund, 1906
- Tylos ochri Roman, 1977
- Tylos opercularis Budde-Lund, 1885
- Tylos ponticus Grebnitsky, 1874
- Tylos punctatus Holmes & Gay, 1909
- Tylos sardous Arcangeli, 1938
- Tylos spinulosus Dana, 1853
- Tylos tantabiddy Lewis, 1991
- Tylos wegeneri Vandel, 1952
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
References
- ^ "Tylos". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
- ^ "Browse Tylos". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
- ^ "Tylos". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
- ^ "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
Media related to Tylos (Tylidae) at Wikimedia Commons
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