Tylos (crustacean)

For Hellenic Bahrain, see Tylos.

Tylos
Tylos punctatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
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. All the species in this family can roll up into a perfect ball and live on sandy beaches.

Tylos punctatus

Species

These 27 species belong to the genus Tylos:

• Tylos africanus Ferrara, 1974 ⁱ
• Tylos albidus Budde-Lund, 1879 ^{i c g}
• Tylos australis Lewis & Bishop, 1990 ^{i c g}
• Tylos capensis Krauss, 1843 ^{i c g}
• Tylos chilensis Schultz, 1983 ^{i c g}
• Tylos cilicius Verhoeff, 1941 ⁱ
• Tylos europaeus Arcangeli, 1938 ^{i c g}
• Tylos exiguus Stebbing, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Tylos granulatus Krauss, 1843 ^{i c g}
• Tylos granuliferus Budde-Lund, 1885 ^{i c g}
• Tylos latreillei Audouin, 1826 ^{i g}
• Tylos madeirae Arcangeli, 1938 ^{c g}
• Tylos maindroni Giordani Soika, 1954 ^{c g}
• Tylos maindronii Soika, 1954 ⁱ
• Tylos marcuzzii Soika, 1954 ^{i c g}
• Tylos minor Dollfus, 1893 ^{i c g}
• Tylos neozelanicus Chilton, 1901 ^{i c g}
• Tylos niveus Budde-Lund, 1885 ^{i c g}
• Tylos nudulus Budde-Lund, 1906 ^{i c g}
• Tylos ochri Roman, 1977 ⁱ
• Tylos opercularis Budde-Lund, 1885 ^{i c g}
• Tylos ponticus Grebnitsky, 1874 ^{i c g}
• Tylos punctatus Holmes & Gay, 1909 ^{i c g b}
• Tylos sardous Arcangeli, 1938 ⁱ
• Tylos spinulosus Dana, 1853 ^{i c g}
• Tylos tantabiddy Lewis, 1991 ^{i c g}
• Tylos wegeneri Vandel, 1952 ^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

External links

• Media related to Tylos (Tylidae) at Wikimedia Commons