Heterias

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Janiroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Peracarida Ordo: Isopoda Subordo: Asellota Superfamilia: Janiroidea

Familia: Janiridae
Genus: Heterias
Subgenera: H. (Fritzianira) – H. (Heterias)

Name

Heterias Richardson, 1904

Type species: Janirella pusilla Sayce, 1900

Synonyms

• Janirella Sayce, 1900 (nom. praeocc.)
• Pseudasellus Chappuis, 1951: by Williams, 1968
• Fritzianira Castro et Lima, 1977 (valid in subordinate rank): by Bowman, Prins et Arenas, 1987

References

• Bowman, T.E., R. Prins & J. Arenas (1987). The occurrence of the freshwater isopod Heterias (Fritzianira) exul in the Lakes Region of Chile with notes on the genus Heterias (Asellota: Janiridae). Hydrobiologia 146 (3): 275–281.
• Richardson, H. (1904). Contribution to the natural history of the Isopoda. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 27: 1–89.
• Williams, W.D. (1968). Australian Freshwater Life - The Invertebrates of Australian Inland Waters. Sun Books, Melbourne, x+262 pp.
• Wilson, G.D.F. & J.-W. Wägele (1994). Review of the family Janiridae (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellota). Invertebrate Taxonomy 8 (3): 683–747.