Onchotelson

Onchotelson
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Phreatoicidae
Genus: Onchotelson
Nicholls, 1944
Type species
Onchotelson brevicaudatus
(Smith, 1909)

Onchotelson is a genus of isopod crustacean in the family Phreatoicidae, which is endemic to Tasmania. It contains two species,[1] both of which are listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List:

References

  1. Marilyn Schotte (2009). M. Schotte, C. B. Boyko, N. L. Bruce, G. C. B. Poore, S. Taiti & G. D. F. Wilson, ed. "Phreatoicidae". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved April 11, 2010.
  2. Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Onchotelson bervicaudatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved April 11, 2010.
  3. Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Onchotelson spatulatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved April 11, 2010.
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