Atlantasellus

Genus of crustaceans

Atlantasellus is a genus of crustaceans, and the only member of the family Atlantasellidae.^[2] It contains these species:

• Atlantasellus cavernicolus is endemic to Bermuda and is included on the IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered.^[3]
• Atlantasellus dominicanus was described in 2001, having been collected in coastal karsts in the Dominican Republic.^[4]

References

1. "Atlantasellus Sket, 1979". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 29, 2011.
2. "Atlantasellidae Sket, 1979". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 29, 2011.
3. Iliffe, T.M. (1996). "Atlantasellus cavernicolus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T2355A9435213. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T2355A9435213.en.
4. Damià Jaume (2001). "A new atlantasellid isopod (Asellota: Aselloidea) from the flooded coastal karst of the Dominican Republic (Hispaniola): evidence for an exopod on a thoracic limb and biogeographical implications". Journal of Zoology. 255 (2): 221–233. doi:10.1017/S0952836901001297.