Janiridae

Janiridae
Jaera albifrons
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Isopoda
Superfamily:	Janiroidea
Family:	Janiridae Sars, 1897

Janiridae is a family of isopods in the order Isopoda. There are more than 20 genera and 190 described species in Janiridae.

Genera

These 25 genera belong to the family Janiridae:

• Austrofilius Hodgson, 1910
• Caecianiropsis Menzies & Pettit, 1956
• Caecijaera Menzies, 1951
• Carpias Richardson, 1902
• Ectias Richardson, 1906
• Hawaianira Miller, 1967
• Heterias Richardson, 1904
• Iais Bovallius, 1886
• Ianirella
• Ianiropsis G.O.Sars, 1897
• Ianisera Kensley, 1976
• Iathrippa Bovallius, 1886
• Iolella Richardson, 1905
• Jaera Leach, 1814
• Janaira Moreira & Pires, 1977
• Janira Leach, 1814
• Janiralata Menzies, 1951
• Janthura Wolff, 1962
• Mackinia Matsumoto, 1956
• Microjaera Bocquet & Levi, 1955
• Microjanira Schiecke & Fresi, 1970
• Neojaera Nordenstam, 1933
• Protocharon Chappuis, Delamare-Deboutteville & Paulian, 1956
• Rostrobagatus Müller, 1993
• Trogloianiropsis Jaume, 1995

Further reading

• Leistikow, Andreas; Wägele, Johann Wolfgang (1999). "Checklist of the terrestrial isopods of the new world (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea)" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Biologia. 16 (2): 1–72. doi:10.1590/S0101-81751999000100001.
• Stebbing, Thomas Roscoe Rede (1893). A History of Crustacea: Recent Malacostraca. D. Appleton.
• Martin, Joel W.; Davis, George E. (2001). An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea (PDF). Science Series. Vol. 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. ISBN 978-1-891276-27-9.

External links

• Media related to Janiridae at Wikimedia Commons